Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:57:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JanainaSS.pdf: 6774864 bytes, checksum: 445b5e932b89fcc09c4b97403b959e26 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-10-02 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Low cost seals are made of NBR, Nitrile Butadiene Rubber, a family of unsaturated copolymers that is higher resistant to oils the more content of nitrile have in its composition, although lower its flexibility. In Petroleum Engineering, NBR seal wear can cause fluid leakage and environmental damages, promoting an increasing demand for academic knowledge about polymeric materials candidate to seals submitted to sliding contacts to metal surfaces. This investigation aimed to evaluate tribological responses of a commercial NBR, hardness 73 ? 5 Sh A, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), hardness 60 ? 4 HRE and PTFE with graphite, 68 ? 6 HRE. The testings were performed on a sliding tribometer conceived to explore the tribological performance of stationary polymer plane coupons submitted to rotational cylinder contact surface of steel AISI 52100, 20 ? 1 HRC Hardness, under dry and lubricated (oil SAE 15W40) conditions. After screening testings, the normal load, relative velocity and sliding distance were 3.15 N, 0.8 m/s and 3.2 km, respectively. The temperatures were collected over distances of 3.0?0.5 mm and 750?50 mm far from the contact to evaluate the heating in this referential zone due to contact sliding friction by two thermocouples K type. The polymers were characterized through Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA). The wear mechanisms of the polymer surfaces were analyzed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and EDS (Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy). NBR referred to the higher values of heating, suggesting higher sliding friction. PTFE and PTFE with graphite showed lower heating, attributed to the delamination mechanism / Retentores de baixo custo s?o comercialmente dispon?veis de NBR, copol?meros insaturados de borrachas de nitrilo-butadieno que s?o mais resistentes aos ?leos quanto mais altos forem seus teores de nitrila, ? custa de uma menor flexibilidade. Em Engenharia de Petr?leo, o desgaste dos retentores de NBR causa vazamento de fluidos e danos ambientais, provocando uma crescente demanda de conhecimento acad?mico sobre materiais polim?ricos candidatos a retentor submetidos a contatos de deslizamento com superf?cies de metal. Este trabalho objetivou avaliar respostas tribol?gicas de tr?s pol?meros comercialmente dispon?veis, NBR, dureza 73 ? 5 Sh A, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), dureza 60 ? 4 HRE e PTFE com grafite, 68 ? 6 HRE. Os ensaios foram realizados em um trib?metro de deslizamento concebido para explorar o desempenho tribol?gico de corpos-de-prova polim?ricos estacion?rios de superf?cie plana submetidos a um contato seco ou lubrificado (?leo SAE 15W40) de uma superf?cie rotativa cil?ndrica de a?o 52100, dureza 20 ? 1 HRC. A carga normal, a velocidade relativa e a dist?ncia de deslizamento foram, respectivamente, 3,15 N, 0,8 m/s e 3,2 km, determinadas ap?s ensaios explorat?rios iniciais. As temperaturas foram medidas por dois termopares tipo K a 3,0?0,5 mm e 750?50 mm de dist?ncia do contato para avaliar-se o aquecimento em uma mesma regi?o devido ao atrito de deslizamento no contato. Os pol?meros foram caracterizados atrav?s de An?lises Termogravim?tricas (TGA), Calorimetria Diferencial Explorat?ria (DSC) e An?lises Din?mico-Mec?nica (DMA). Os mecanismos de desgaste das superf?cies dos pol?meros foram analisados por Microscopia Eletr?nica de Varredura (MEV) e EDS (Espectroscopia por Energia Dispersiva de Raios-X). NBR apresentou os maiores valores de aquecimento, sugerindo maior atrito de deslizamento. PTFE e PTFE grafitado apresentaram um menor aquecimento, atribu?do ao mecanismo de desgaste por delamina??o