Abstract
The wear behaviour of zinc-cobalt electrodeposited coatings on copper substrates was investigated, using a pin-on-disc wear apparatus. The composition of the zinc-cobalt alloy coatings was the following: Zn-0.6 wt.% Co and Zn-4 wt.% Co respectively. The friction coefficient of Zn-4 wt.% Co coatings against stainless steel was found to be similar to that of Zn-0.6 wt.% Co coatings against the same steel. The normalized weight loss of Zn-4 wt.% Co coatings was found to be higher than that of Zn-0.6 wt.% Co coatings. The main wear mechanism for the Zn-0.6 wt.% Co coatings was found to be severe shearing of the coatings surface layers, due to the plowing action of the stainless steel pins. For the Zn-4 wt.% Co coatings the predominant wear mechanism was noted to be intensive surface delamination leading to spalling and brittle fracture of the coatings surface layers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 234-244 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Processing Technology |
Volume | 160 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 Mar 20 |
Keywords
- Sliding wear
- Zinc-cobalt alloy electrodeposits
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ceramics and Composites
- Computer Science Applications
- Metals and Alloys
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering