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Improving Tribological Performance of 42CrMo under Dry Sliding Conditions by Combining Rhombic-Textured Surfaces with Sn–Ag–Cu Solid Lubricant and MXene-Ti3C2TX

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Inspired by rhombic textures on shark skin surface, this paper designs bionic micro-textures filled by solid lubricants SnAgCu and Ti3C2TX to improve the tribological properties of 42CrMo steel. Compared with 42CrMo steel, the average friction coefficient and wear depth of 42CrMo-SnAgCu-Ti3C2TX with bionic micro-textures at 25 N were separately decreased by 41.52 and 79.07%, and decreased by 50.77 and 80% at 35 N, respectively. Two-dimensional material Ti3C2TX can be well combined with SnAgCu to promote the formation of a smooth and continuous lubricating film on the worn surface, which plays an excellent antifriction and wear resistance role under the specific working conditions.

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This work was supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2021A1515010624). Authors are also grateful to X.L. Nie, Y.M. Li, M.J. Yang, W.T. Zhu, S.L. Zhao, and L.Q. Qin in Material Research and Test Center of WUT for their kind help with TEM, SEM, EPMA, FESEM.

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Xu, L., Shi, X., Xue, Y. et al. Improving Tribological Performance of 42CrMo under Dry Sliding Conditions by Combining Rhombic-Textured Surfaces with Sn–Ag–Cu Solid Lubricant and MXene-Ti3C2TX. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 32, 1275–1291 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07186-5

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