Friction and wear characteristics during sliding of ${ZrO}_{2}, {Si}_{3}{N}_{4}$ and SiC with SiC, AISI 4340 and bronze under dry and lubricated condition

세라믹 ${ZrO}_{2}, {Si}_{3}{N}_{4}$ 및 SiC를 SiC, AISI 4340 및 청동으로 윤활 및 건조조건에서 미끄름시험하였을 때의 마찰 및 마멸 거동

Friction and wear tests were conducted with several different ceramics sliding against ceramic and metal couples with and without lubricant in a two disk type sliding machine. The purpose was to know the tribological properties of ceramics. With very different physical and chemical properties of ceramics compared to metal, the tribological properties of ceramics should be defined in detail. Among them, the wear and friction with same or different couple is very important. Also the lubrication of ceramic is one of the major area to be studied. From this research, SiC, SI$_{3}$N$_{4}$ and ZrO$_{2}$ were slid against SiC, AISI 4340 and bronze under various sliding condition. It was found that the friction and wear of ceramics are strongly dependent on the sliding condition. For unlubricated sliding against SiC, ZrO$_{2}$ shows low wear and friction coefficient over wide lange of load, but with lubricated sliding, SiC shows better performance whatever lubricants were used. Also the effect of lubricant depended upon the material properties of sliding pairs. The general tribological properties of ceramics were not correlated with chattering and noise at low load but it could be reduced or avoided effectively by using lubricants. SiC and Si$_{3}$N$_{4}$ slid against SiC have transition from mild to severe wear at high load but ZrO$_{2}$-SiC and SiC-steel have not. Wear debris formed on the contact area of SiC couples was main cause of the initiation of transition. At high speed, only ZrO$_{2}$ sliding against SiC has transition of wear by low thermal conductivity.

본 연구에서는 공업용 세라믹(요업재료등)으로 개발된 것 중에서 가장 마찰특성이 우수할 것으로 간주되고 있는 SiC, Si$_{3}$N$_{4}$와 ZrO$_{2}$ 의 건조 및 윤활마찰특성과 금속과의 마찰특성을 실험적으로 밝히려 한다.