The emergence of vegetable oil as a promising alternative lubricant in the tribological application space has fueled research for making these oils as useful as mineral oils.Tribological modification of vegetable oil ...The emergence of vegetable oil as a promising alternative lubricant in the tribological application space has fueled research for making these oils as useful as mineral oils.Tribological modification of vegetable oil by the addition of TiO_(2)/gC_(3)N_(4)nanocomposite(as a nanoadditive)was studied here.The dispersion of the nanoadditive in the vegetable oil showed good oil dispersion stability without the addition of any surfactant.The tribological studies were conducted in a four-ball tester using ASTM standard D5183.In addition,the effect of temperature on tribological performance was also studied to understand the oxidation behavior of vegetable oil.The results showed a significant improvement in friction and wear properties of the optimized nano-oil.The mechanism behind the improvement in friction and wear properties is annotated in this paper.展开更多
基金The authors thank the Department of Science and Technology(DST)for the financial support to establish Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre(NFMTC)through SR/NM/NAT/02-2005 projectAlso,we would like to thank IIT Madras,Chennai,India.The SEM and Optical profilometry imaging have been carried out in Department of Metallurgical&Materials Engineering,IIT Madras.
文摘The emergence of vegetable oil as a promising alternative lubricant in the tribological application space has fueled research for making these oils as useful as mineral oils.Tribological modification of vegetable oil by the addition of TiO_(2)/gC_(3)N_(4)nanocomposite(as a nanoadditive)was studied here.The dispersion of the nanoadditive in the vegetable oil showed good oil dispersion stability without the addition of any surfactant.The tribological studies were conducted in a four-ball tester using ASTM standard D5183.In addition,the effect of temperature on tribological performance was also studied to understand the oxidation behavior of vegetable oil.The results showed a significant improvement in friction and wear properties of the optimized nano-oil.The mechanism behind the improvement in friction and wear properties is annotated in this paper.
