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Wear, friction, and microhardness of a thermal sprayed PET: poly (ethylene terephthalate) coating

2009; Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímer; Volume: 12; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1516-14392009000200002

1980-5373

Rogério Antônio Xavier Nunes, Vilma C. Costa, Verônica Calado, José Roberto Tavares Branco,

Flame retardant materials and properties

The effects of combustion thermal spraying parameters namely combustion pressure, feeding rate, and carrier gas on the wear resistance, friction coefficient, and Knoop hardness of poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films were investigated. The PET coatings were characterized by measuring the wear coefficients by calowear-type testing, the friction coefficients by a pin-on-disk test, and Knoop hardness. The abrasive wear and friction coefficients of the coatings were compared with the values of a post consumer PET bottle chip reference sample. The structural characteristics of the coatings were investigated by X ray diffraction. Statistical analysis of the results allowed for the systematic characterization of the influence of the process variables mentioned above on the coating wear, friction, and microhardness values. Specifically, this study shows that the process parameters affect the wear coefficient and Knoop hardness significantly, but not the friction coefficient. The degree of crystallinity of the PET coatings varied from 20 to 26%.