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Effects of ZnDTP on lubricity of ashless friction modifiers for H-free DLC film

2015; Japan Society Mechanical Engineers; Volume: 81; Issue: 824 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1299/transjsme.14-00656

2187-9761

H. Ōkubo, Ryo Tsuboi, Chiharu TADOKORO, Shinya SASAKI,

Tribology and Wear Analysis

This research studied the effects of Zinc Dialkyldithiophosphate (ZnDTP) additives on the tribological properties of a H-free Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) film under boundary lubrication with oils that contained organic friction modifiers (FMs). The tribological properties were evaluated using the reciprocating type cylinder-on-disk tribo-tester. ZnDTP and three types of organic additives (GMO, glycerol mono-oleoyl ether (GME), and tallow diethanol amine (TDEA)) were added to poly-alpha olefin (PAO). Friction tests were carried out for the DLC/Steel tribo-pair under lubrication with PAO and PAO-based oils containing GMO, GME, TDEA, ZnDTP, GMO + ZnDTP, GME + ZnDTP, and TDEA + ZnDTP additives. Raman spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used for analyses of worn surface on the H-free DLC film. The H-free DLC film lubricated with PAO + FMs reached an ultralow friction coefficient of 0.02 - 0.03. On the other hand, The H-free DLC film lubricated with PAO + FMs + ZnDTP had increased friction coefficients compared to the PAO + FMs oils. For the lubrication added ZnDTP additive, the surface analyses demonstrated that the chemical composition of the ZnDTP-derived tribofilm depended on the combination of ZnDTP and each FM. It was concluded that the chemical composition of the ZnDTP-derived tribofilm played an important role in the friction behavior of the H-free DLC films that were lubricated with PAO + ZnDTP and PAO + FMs + ZnDTP.