Solid Lubrication Fundamentals and Applications description of the adhesion, friction, abrasion, and wear behavior of solid film lubricants and related tribological materials, including diamond and diamond-like solid films. The book details the properties of solid surfaces, clean surfaces, and contaminated surfaces as well as discussing the structures and mechanical properties of natural and synthetic diamonds; chemical-vapor-deposited diamond film; surface design and engineering toward wear-resistant, self-lubricating diamond films and coatings. The author provides selection and design criteria as well as applications for synthetic and natural coatings in the commercial, industrial and aerospace industries..
Chapter 1 : Introduction and Background
Chapter 2 : Characterization of Solid Surfaces
Chapter 3 : Properties of Clean Surfaces - Adhesion, Friction and Wear
Chapter 4 : Properties of Contaminated Surfaces - Adhesion, Friction and Wear
Chapter 5 : Abrasion - Plowing and Cutting
Chapter 6 : Friction and Wear Properties of Selected Solid Lubricating Films - Case Studies
Chapter 7 : Aerospace Mechanisms and Tribology Technology -Case Studies
Chapter 8 : Structures and Mechanical Properties of Natural and Synthetic Diamonds
Chapter 9 : Chemical-Vapour-Deposited Diamond Film
Chapter 10 : Surface Design and Engineering Toward Wear-Resistant, Self-Lubricating Diamond Films and Coatings
