Influence of the Matrix Material and Tribological Contact Type on the Antifriction Properties of Hybrid Reinforced Polyimide-Based Nano- and Microcomposites
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Fabrication of the Composites
3. Results
3.1. Mechanical Properties
- The elastic modulus values of the PEI-based composites were higher by 0.3–0.6 GPa than those of the PI-based analogs;
- For the PEI-based composites, the Shore D hardness levels were greater by 4–5 units than those for the PI-based analogs;
- The ultimate tensile strengths of the PI-based composites loaded with µPTFE were higher by 26 and 42 MPa than those for the PEI-based samples.
3.2. The Point Tribological Contact
3.3. Linear Tribological Contact
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Powders | Dimension | Manufacturer |
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Matrix | ||
PI powder | average particle size of 16 µm | PI-1600, Solver, Jiande, China |
PEI powder | average particle size of 20 µm | PEI ROOH, Jiande, China |
Solid lubricants | ||
The “Fluralit” fine PTFE powder | average particle size of <3 µm | “Fluralit synthesis” LLC, Moscow, Russia |
Molybdenum disulfide | average particle size of 1–7 µm | Climax Molybdenum, Phoenix, AZ, USA |
PTFE nanoparticles | average particle size of 100 nm | Daikin, Osaka, Japan |
Graphite particles | average particle size of 10 µm | Kegong Metallurgical Materials Co., Ltd., Xingtai, China |
Composition, wt.% | Designation |
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PI + 10%PTFE (micro) | PI/10µPTFE |
PI + 10% PTFE (micro) + 0.5% MoS2 (micro) | PI/10µPTFE/0.5µMoS2 |
PI + 10% PTFE (micro) + 0.5% Graphite (micro) | PI/10µPTFE/0.5µGr |
PI + 5%PTFE (nano) | PI/5nanoNPTFE |
PI + 5%PTFE (nano) + 0.5% MoS2 (micro) | PI/5nanoPTFE/0.5µMoS2 |
PI + 5%PTFE (nano) + 0.5% Graphite (micro) | PI/5nanoPTFE/0.5µGr |
PEI + 10%PTFE (micro) | PEI/10µPTFE |
PEI + 10% PTFE (micro) + 0.5% MoS2 (micro) | PEI/10µPTFE/0.5µMoS2 |
PEI + 10% PTFE (micro) + 0.5% Graphite (micro) | PEI/10µPTFE/0.5µGr |
PEI + 5%PTFE (nano) | PEI/5nanoNPTFE |
PEI + 5%PTFE (nano) + 0.5% MoS2 (micro) | PEI/5nanoPTFE/0.5µMoS2 |
PEI + 5%PTFE (nano) + 0.5% Graphite (micro) | PEI/5nanoPTFE/0.5µGr |
No. | Composite | CoF | WR, mm3/N·m, 10−6 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PI/10µPTFE/0.5µMoS2/ PEI/10µPTFE/0.5µMoS2 | 0.069 ± 0.002/0.067 ± 0.006 | 0.54 ± 0.06/0.22 ± 0.02 |
2 | PI/10µPTFE/0.5µGr/ PEI/10µPTFE/0.5µGr | 0.069 ± 0.001/0.075 ± 0.004 | 0.31 ± 0.03/0.20 ± 0.02 |
3 | PI/5nanoPTFE/0.5µMoS2/ PEI/5nanoPTFE/0.5µMoS2 | 0.129 ± 0.017/0.137 ± 0.029 | 1.72 ± 0.16/1.78 ± 0.23 |
4 | PI/5nanoPTFE/0.5µGr/ PEI/5nanoPTFE/0.5µGr | 0.114 ± 0.007/0.099 ± 0.003 | 0.53 ± 0.11/0.38 ± 0.04 |
No. | Composition (wt.%) | CoF (Steel\Ceramic) | WR, mm3/N·m, 10−6 (Steel\Ceramic) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | PI/10µPTFE/0.5µMoS2 | 0.070 ± 0.006\0.085 ± 0.005 | 0.38 ± 0.04\0.44 ± 0.05/ |
2 | PEI/10µPTFE/0.5µMoS2 | 0.032 ± 0.003\0.053 ± 0.004 | 0.53 ± 0.06\0.46 ± 0.05 |
No. | Composite | Load, N | CoF | WR, mm3/N·m, 10–6 | Temperature, °C |
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Ceramics\Steel counterface | |||||
1 | PI/10µPTFE/0.5µMoS2 | 60 | 0.134 ± 0.019\0.173 ± 0.008 | 0.10 ± 0.01\2.62 ± 0.27 | 36.09 ± 1.56\31.6 ± 0.8 |
2 | PEI/10µPTFE/0.5µMoS2 | 60 | 0.125 ± 0.023\0.211 ± 0.028 | 1.30 ± 0.15\7.48 ± 0.41 | 36.81 ± 1.70\25.1 ± 1.1 |
PI- and PEI composites with carbon fibers/friction against the steel counterface [32] | |||||
3 | PI + 10%CCF2mm + 10%PTFE | 60 | 0.318 ± 0.030 | 26.83 ± 0.90 | 29.3 ± 0.9/21.3 |
4 | PI + 10%CCFMmm + 10%Gr | 60 | 0.242 ± 0.023 | 1.39 ± 0.13 | 25.1 ± 0.2/21.7 |
5 | PI + 10%CCF2mm + 10%MoS2 | 60 | 0.267 ± 0.029 | 1.57 ± 0.42 | 23.9 ± 0.1/21.4 |
6 | PEI + 10%CCF2mm + 10%PTFE | 60 | 0.206 ± 0.023 | 14.62 ± 1.14 | 27.4 ± 0.3/24.6 |
7 | PEI + 10%CCF2mm + 10%Gr | 60 | 0.181 ± 0.016 | 1.13 ± 0.14 | 26.8 ± 0.3/24.5 |
8 | PEI + 10%CCF2mm + 10%MoS2 | 60 | 0.228 ± 0.029 | 5.15 ± 0.32 | 28.0 ± 0.3/25.1 |
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Buslovich, D.G.; Panin, S.V.; Luo, J.; Pogosyan, K.N.; Alexenko, V.O.; Kornienko, L.A. Influence of the Matrix Material and Tribological Contact Type on the Antifriction Properties of Hybrid Reinforced Polyimide-Based Nano- and Microcomposites. Polymers 2023, 15, 3266. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15153266
Buslovich DG, Panin SV, Luo J, Pogosyan KN, Alexenko VO, Kornienko LA. Influence of the Matrix Material and Tribological Contact Type on the Antifriction Properties of Hybrid Reinforced Polyimide-Based Nano- and Microcomposites. Polymers. 2023; 15(15):3266. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15153266
Chicago/Turabian StyleBuslovich, Dmitry G., Sergey V. Panin, Jiangkun Luo, Ksenya N. Pogosyan, Vladislav O. Alexenko, and Lyudmila A. Kornienko. 2023. "Influence of the Matrix Material and Tribological Contact Type on the Antifriction Properties of Hybrid Reinforced Polyimide-Based Nano- and Microcomposites" Polymers 15, no. 15: 3266. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15153266