Contribuições do fenômeno de atrito no sistema ferro puro nitretado e pós-oxidado

Abstract

Control and reduction of friction can help in the elaboration of strategies of energy efficiency and in the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. Although there are well established phenomenological laws for friction, there is no definition of the relationship of macroscopic / microscopic properties to fundamental and nanoscopic properties. The understanding of these correlations as well the mechanisms of energy dissipation involved in the friction phenomenon can help in a greater control of the coefficient of friction. In this work, the coefficient of friction of oxide systems in the outermost layer of pure iron (99.99%) previously nitrided is investigated aiming to find relationships between the phenomenological laws, mechanical properties and theoretical models involving energy dissipation via phonons. For this purpose, samples were characterized using glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GD-OES), X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic probe tomography (APT), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission scanning electron microscopy (STEM), nanoindentation and unidirectional sliding. In the experimental characterization, a gradual reduction of the coefficient of friction was observed, which was accompanied by an increase of the surface oxide content. Despite this, the same trend was not observed in the evolution of the mechanical properties. Therefore, the theoretical calculations based on the mechanisms of phononic dissipation applied to calculate the coefficient of friction well represent the experimental values. In general, the change in the coefficient of friction can be explained by phononic contributions, but the frictional forces of the present system are not totally determined by phononic mechanisms (sic).