MICROFRICTION AND MACROFRICTION OF METAL-CONTAINING AMORPHOUS HYDROCARBON HARD COATINGS DETERMINED BY AFM AND PIN-ON-DISK TESTS

Authors
Citation
Ki. Schiffmann, MICROFRICTION AND MACROFRICTION OF METAL-CONTAINING AMORPHOUS HYDROCARBON HARD COATINGS DETERMINED BY AFM AND PIN-ON-DISK TESTS, Tribology letter, 5(1), 1998, pp. 109-116
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Mechanical","Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
ISSN journal
10238883
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
109 - 116
Database
ISI
SICI code
1023-8883(1998)5:1<109:MAMOMA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Metal containing amorphous hydrocarbon films (Me-C:H) have excellent t ribological properties and an adjustable electrical conductivity. Fric tion force microscopy investigations on gold- and tungsten-C:H films s how a non-linear dependence of friction on the load in the nanonewton- range which can be explained by Hertz model of elastic contact. The ef fective friction coefficient and the interfacial shear stress strongly depend on the type of metal and the metal concentration inside the fi lm. Microfriction and macrofriction (pin-on-disk) show a high qualitat ive correspondence.