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The objective of this work is to evaluate the wear and corrosion behaviours of different formulations of water-based lubricants containing protic ionic liquid (PIL) and bentonite particle additions. Carbon-steel samples were investigated in the normalized and quenched-tempered conditions. Wear tests and corrosion tests using potentiondynamic polarization curves were performed in the presence of different lubricant solutions (PIL 3 wt% + deionized water, with 0.05 wt% and 0.1 wt% bentonite particle additions). Wear scar surfaces were analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and Raman techniques. Unexpected electrochemical effects caused by the bentonite addition promoted the formation of a thick oxide film (Fe3O4) in the quenched-tempered steel during the wear test, which mitigated the wear in the presence of a minimum amount of this particle in the formulation.
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The authors are grateful to the financial support of CAPES, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Educational Personnel, Brazil (PROEX 23038.000341/2019-71); Victor Velho de Castro thanks CNPq—National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil. (Grant: 166262/2018-8) and FAPERGS (Grant 22/2551-0001071-7); Célia de Fraga Malfatti thanks CNPq—National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil (Grant: 307723/2018-6); Carlos Alexandre dos Santos thanks CNPq—National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil (Grant: 403303/2016-6).
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de Castro, V.V., dos Santos, L.M., Antonini, L.M. et al. A Tribological and Electrochemical Study of Protic Ionic Liquid and Bentonite Particles Used as Lubricating Additives in Water-Based Lubricants. J Bio Tribo Corros 9, 51 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40735-023-00770-9
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