Nano-Scale Friction of Multi-Phase Powder Metallurgy Tool Steels

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Friction is a fundamental phenomenon in tribology involving complex mechanisms between the contacting surfaces. Measurements of friction are often made using devices with substantially larger contact area than dimensions corresponding to microstructural features of the materials. Hence, for multi-phase materials, influence of particular microstructural constituents is not resolved. In the present work, a tribometer with a contact area in the nanoscale range was used to map friction for different types of tool steels with different chemical-and phase composition. Owing to the small tip radius, frictional characteristics of primary carbides and the steel matrix were measured and compared. Depending on chemical composition, a difference was observed where the coefficient of friction was approximately twice higher for the steel possessing highest coefficient of friction, including both carbides and the steel matrix.

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