A Study of Metal Transfer between Sliding Surfaces

Abstract

Extremely small amounts of material transferred from one rubbing surface to another were measured by making one of the surfaces radioactive and observing the subsequent activity on the other one. Amount of material transferred between two metallic rubbing surfaces depends on relative hardness and on materials of which they are composed. Much more material was transferred from softer steel to harder than the reverse. From a softer steel surface much less material was transferred to chrome plate than to nitrided steel. Of the combinations studied, there was least mutual transfer between nitrided steel and chromium plate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1947
Accession Number
ADB814869

Entities

People

  • B. W. Sakmann
  • John. W. Irvine Jr.
  • N. Grossman

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Bulk Materials
  • Chromium
  • Copper Alloys
  • Deuterons
  • Diameters
  • Friction
  • Gamma Rays
  • Geometry
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Hardness
  • Hydrochloric Acid
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Metals
  • Nuclear Reactions
  • Standards

Readers

  • Surface Coatings Technology.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).