High load capacity with ionic liquid-lubricated tribological system

Jian Wu, Jiahua Zhu, Liwen Mu, Yijun Shi, Yihui Dong, Xin Feng, Xiaohua Lu

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Abstract

Engineering polymers with high glass transition temperature have been widely used in dynamic friction systems by oil or solid lubrication. However, in high-load systems, oil lubrication is less efficient due to the viscosity decrease at higher temperatures induced by friction heat. [Bmim][PF6] ionic liquid was used and compared with traditional L-HM46 oil and solid PTFE. Taking advantage of high [Bmim][PF6] viscosity, strong steel-[Bmim][PF6] but poor PEEK-[Bmim][PF6] interaction, the [Bmim][PF6] lubricated PEEK/steel slide falls in hydrodynamic lubrication and elastohydrodynamic lubrication region under 150-1500 N. While the oil and PTFE both failed to lubricate under 800 N.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)315-322
Number of pages8
JournalTribology International
Volume94
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2016

Keywords

  • Friction and wear
  • Liquid
  • Polymer
  • Solid

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