Wear of Nitrogen Ceramics and Composites in contact with Bearing Steel under Oscillating Sliding Conditions

• The wear of nitrogen based ceramics in contact with bearing steel balls (SAE 52100) was investigated under reciprocating sliding conditions at a velocity of 0.1 m/s, and 20 N, 40 N and 100 N load. Three types of ceramics were studied: viz. hot pressed silicon nitride (HPSN) sintered with selected liquid in the system yttria-aluminium nitride-silica and composites of HPSN with BN and TiC; SiAlON formulated with different amounts of alumina and silica; and aluminatitanium nitride composite having 60 mol% TiN. Among the HPSN composites, HPSN 15vol% TiC had the lowest average wear factor (K) of 2.0 × 10- 5mm3/m/ N. The SiAlONs, in general, had the highest K and this increased with increasing O concentration. The lowest K value for SiAlON ceramic was 6.9 × 10-5mm3/m/N. The high K value of SiAlON is attributed to O substitution, which promotes adhesive wear resulting in mutual material transfer. The lowest wear of all the ceramics tested was found for the alumina-titanium nitride composite, the wear factor being of the order of 4.4 × 10-7mm3/m/N, which is one order of magnitude lower than the other nitrogen ceramics. In the case of HPSN and alumina-titanium nitride composites, abrasive wear and wear due to microfracture were the main wear mechanisms. Wear of the steel ball was lowest when in contact with HPSN---TiC composites, being almost equal to that of the ceramic, whereas the alumina-titanium nitride composite wore away the steel almost 20 times faster than the ceramic and will thus be unsuitable as a counterface material for 52100 steel.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Tribologi (hsv//swe)

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