In this work, the friction and wear behavior of three DLC coatings was evaluated in various conventional and alternative fuels as well as in commercially available formulated engine oils and additive-free synthetic oil. The first DLC has a thin top-coating of hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H), the second consists of Si-doped DLC (a-C:H:Si) and the third is a W-doped multilayered structure of a-C:H and a-C:H:W. The tribological tests were performed using a ball-on-flat reciprocating rig at low contact pressures. Methods such as white light interferometry (VSI), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron spectroscopy (TEM) and electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA/XPS) were used for analyzing and characterizing the coatings and counter surfaces in an effort to gain an understanding of the tribological mechanisms involved.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-177355 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Renman, Viktor |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Tillämpad materialvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | UPTEC K, 1650-8297 ; 12010 |
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