Extreme pressure lubrication is a crucial engineering problem for many mechanical assemblies.Herein,an extraordinary and novel functional material,Ga-based liquid metal(GLM),is found to be a promising extreme pressure...Extreme pressure lubrication is a crucial engineering problem for many mechanical assemblies.Herein,an extraordinary and novel functional material,Ga-based liquid metal(GLM),is found to be a promising extreme pressure lubricant for steel-ceramic sliding pairs and bears applied load above 1500 N.A Ga-rich metallic tribofilm forms on the frictional interface during sliding,providing good lubricity and bearing capability.In addition,the lubrication performance of GLM strongly depends on its composition and the contacting materials.Ternary Ga-In-Sn alloy has superior lubrication to binary Ga-In alloy.GLM lubrication is more effective on the interfaces of AISI52100/Si_(3)N_(4)than on those of AISI52100/SiC sliding pairs.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51975557 and 51835012)the Outstanding Youth Fund of Gansu Province(Grant No.20JR5RA571)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,ACS(Grant No.2022425)。
文摘Extreme pressure lubrication is a crucial engineering problem for many mechanical assemblies.Herein,an extraordinary and novel functional material,Ga-based liquid metal(GLM),is found to be a promising extreme pressure lubricant for steel-ceramic sliding pairs and bears applied load above 1500 N.A Ga-rich metallic tribofilm forms on the frictional interface during sliding,providing good lubricity and bearing capability.In addition,the lubrication performance of GLM strongly depends on its composition and the contacting materials.Ternary Ga-In-Sn alloy has superior lubrication to binary Ga-In alloy.GLM lubrication is more effective on the interfaces of AISI52100/Si_(3)N_(4)than on those of AISI52100/SiC sliding pairs.