FRICTION PROPERTIES OF POLISHED CVD DIAMOND FILMS SLIDING AGAINST DIFFERENT METALS

Zichao Lin, Fanghong Sun () and Bin Shen
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Zichao Lin: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
Fanghong Sun: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
Bin Shen: School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2016, vol. 23, issue 02, 1-8

Abstract: Owing to their excellent mechanical and tribological properties, like the well-known extreme hardness, low coefficient of friction and high chemical inertness, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond films have found applications as a hard coating for drawing dies. The surface roughness of the diamond films is one of the most important attributes to the drawing dies. In this paper, the effects of different surface roughnesses on the friction properties of diamond films have been experimentally studied. Diamond films were fabricated using hot filament CVD. The WC-Co (Co 6wt.%) drawing dies were used as substrates. A gas mixture of acetone and hydrogen gas was used as the feedstock gas. The CVD diamond films were polished using mechanical polishing. Polished diamond films with three different surface roughnesses, as well as the unpolished diamond film, were fabricated in order to study the tribological performance between the CVD diamond films and different metals with oil lubrication. The unpolished and polished CVD diamond films are characterized with scanning electron microscope (SEM), atomic force microscope (AFM), surface profilometer, Raman spectrum and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The friction examinations were carried out by using a ball-on-plate type reciprocating friction tester. Low carbide steel, stainless steel, copper and aluminum materials were used as counterpart balls. Based on this study, the results presented the friction coefficients between the polished CVD films and different metals. The friction tests demonstrate that the smooth surface finish of CVD diamond films is beneficial for reducing their friction coefficients. The diamond films exhibit low friction coefficients when slid against the stainless steel balls and low carbide steel ball, lower than that slid against copper ball and aluminum ball, attributed to the higher ductility of copper and aluminum causing larger amount of wear debris adhering to the sliding interface and higher adhesive strength between the contacting surfaces.

Keywords: CVD diamond film; friction; surface roughness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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