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Original Articles

Ellipsometric Surface Analysis of Wear Tracks Produced by Different Lubricants

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Pages 457-466 | Published online: 25 Mar 2008
 

Abstract

Ellipsometric analyses of wear tracks in bearings of M-50 steel were carried out after operation under severe conditions with different lubricant additives. The base lubricant was a synthetic ester. It was found that the surface and wear additives benzotriazole and tricresylphosphate produced very patchy oxide layers. Dioctyldiphenylamine, a common antioxidant, on the other hand produced smoother films. The analyses were performed with a specially designed and constructed ellipsometer of very high (20 μm) spatial resolution. The results are consistent with data obtained by Auger electron spectroscopy.

Presented as an American Society of Lubrication Engineers paper at the ASLE/ASME Tribology Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, October 8–10, 1985

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Presented as an American Society of Lubrication Engineers paper at the ASLE/ASME Tribology Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, October 8–10, 1985

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