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TY - JOUR
T1 - Tribochemistry of bearing steels
T2 - A new AFM method to study the material-tribofilm correlation
AU - Jelita Rydel, J.
AU - Vegter, R. H.
AU - Rivera-Díaz-Del-Castillo, P. E.J.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - A new AFM method for relating microstructure to tribofilm formation is presented. Three aspects of this method distinguish it. Firstly, the new method maps the same region employing atomic force microscopy (AFM) in three sequential steps: preEDTA and postEDTA, before and after the tribofilm removal; and as-etched, after revealing the steel microstructure. Secondly, a new software was written for correcting the displacement between the sequential AFM topography images, and for analysing the data. Thirdly, the method allows to correlate the tribofilm with the steel microstructure, and relating it with protrusion of residual carbides and tribofilm roughness for regions as large as 50 μm×50 μm. This allows to performing statistical analyses to correlate tribofilm thickness with different microstructural constituents.
AB - A new AFM method for relating microstructure to tribofilm formation is presented. Three aspects of this method distinguish it. Firstly, the new method maps the same region employing atomic force microscopy (AFM) in three sequential steps: preEDTA and postEDTA, before and after the tribofilm removal; and as-etched, after revealing the steel microstructure. Secondly, a new software was written for correcting the displacement between the sequential AFM topography images, and for analysing the data. Thirdly, the method allows to correlate the tribofilm with the steel microstructure, and relating it with protrusion of residual carbides and tribofilm roughness for regions as large as 50 μm×50 μm. This allows to performing statistical analyses to correlate tribofilm thickness with different microstructural constituents.
KW - AFM
KW - Lubricant additives
KW - Surface topography
KW - Tribochemistry
U2 - 10.1016/j.triboint.2016.01.055
DO - 10.1016/j.triboint.2016.01.055
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84960153604
VL - 98
SP - 74
EP - 81
JO - Tribology International
JF - Tribology International
SN - 0301-679X
ER -