Effect of frequency on fretting wear behavior of Ti/TiN multilayer film on depleted uranium

PLoS One. 2017 Apr 6;12(4):e0175084. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175084. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

The Ti/TiN multi-layer film was prepared on the depleted uranium (DU) substrate by cathodic arc ion plating equipment. The character of multi-layer film was studied by SEM, XRD and AES, revealed that the surface was composed of small compact particle and the cross-section had a multi-layer structure. The fretting wear performance under different frequencies was performed by a MFT-6000 machine with a ball-on-plate configuration. The wear morphology was analyzed by white light interferometer, OM and SEM with an EDX. The result shows the Ti/TiN multi-layer film could greatly improve the fretting wear performance compared to the DU substrate. The fretting wear running and damaged behavior are strongly dependent on the film and test frequency. The fretting region of DU substrate and Ti/TiN multi-layer under low test frequency is gross slip. With the increase of test frequency, the fretting region of Ti/TiN multi-layer change from gross slip to mixed fretting, then to partial slip.

MeSH terms

  • Materials Testing*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Titanium / chemistry*
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Titanium

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Nature Foundation of China (No.U1530136 and 51375407). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.