Reducing Friction and Wear of Tribological Systems through Hybrid Tribofilm Consisting of Coating and Lubricants

The role of surface protective additives becomes vital when operating conditions become severe and moving components operate in a boundary lubrication regime. After protecting film is slowly removed by rubbing, it can regenerate through the tribochemical reaction of the additives at the contact. How...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shuichiro Yazawa, Ichiro Minami, Braham Prakash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-06-01
Series:Lubricants
Subjects:
DLC
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/2/2/90