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Tribology Letters
Published in: Tribology Letters 4/2021

01-12-2021 | Original Paper

Friction and Wear Properties of Copper Matrix Composites with CNTs/Cu Composite Foams as Reinforcing Skeletons

Authors: Congzhen Wang, Zhong Wu, Fengxian Li, Xueping Gan, Jingmei Tao, Jianhong Yi, Yichun Liu

Published in: Tribology Letters | Issue 4/2021

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Abstract

Copper matrix composites with carbon nanotubes/Cu composite foams as the reinforcing skeletons (CNTs/Cuf®Cu) were prepared by electrodeposition and spark plasma sintering. The microstructure and tribological properties of the composites were studied. The CNTs reinforcements with the content up to 0.283 vol% remained uniformly distributed in the skeleton zone and led to quite different structure and properties as compared to the pure copper zone. Significant reduction of the friction coefficient and wear rate was shown with CNTs reinforcements in the skeleton up to a certain content. The wear surface morphology was analyzed and the possible wear mechanism was discussed for the composites with such an inhomogeneous structure.
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Metadata
Title
Friction and Wear Properties of Copper Matrix Composites with CNTs/Cu Composite Foams as Reinforcing Skeletons
Authors
Congzhen Wang
Zhong Wu
Fengxian Li
Xueping Gan
Jingmei Tao
Jianhong Yi
Yichun Liu
Publication date
01-12-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Tribology Letters / Issue 4/2021
Print ISSN: 1023-8883
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-021-01500-3

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