Wear behavior of self-propagating high-temperature synthesized Cu-TiO2 nanocomposites

  • Hossein Aghajani 1
  • Mohammad Roostaei 2
  • Shaya Sharif Javaherian 2
  • Arvin Taghizadeh Tabrizi 1
  • Ali Abdoli Silabi 3
  • Navid Farzam Mehr 4
  • 1 School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran
  • 2 Materials Engineering Department, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
  • 3 Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO), Tehran, Iran
  • 4 Institut fur Metallurgie, TU Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Abstract

In this paper, the copper-based nanocomposites with TiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) process. The effect of the different amounts of excess copper, in comparison with the stoichiometric ratio (CuO:Ti ratios of 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1), on the phase formation of achieved samples was studied. A thermodynamical study showed that increasing the excess copper powder reduces the adiabatic temperature, which helps the phase formation. The maximum Brinell hardness (89) was obtained for the sample with the CuO:Ti ratio of 1:1. Finally, the wear behavior of the synthesized nanocomposites was evaluated by the pin on disk test, and the variation of friction coefficient and lost weight were measured. The friction coefficient decreased by the formation of phases and distribution of titanium oxide particles during the SHS process in the presence of the stoichiometric ratio of CuO:Ti. Therefore, the wear behavior was improved. The lowest depth of wear trace was measured 0.68 where the ratio of CuO:Ti was 1:1.

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Keywords: Wear behavior, Synthesis, Thermodynamic, Cu-TiO2

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Wear behavior of self-propagating high-temperature synthesized Cu-TiO2 nanocomposites
Submitted
2021-06-04
Published
2021-08-22
How to Cite
Aghajani, H., Roostaei, M., Sharif Javaherian, S., Taghizadeh Tabrizi, A., Abdoli Silabi, A., & Farzam Mehr, N. (2021). Wear behavior of self-propagating high-temperature synthesized Cu-TiO2 nanocomposites. Synthesis and Sintering, 1(3), 127-134. https://doi.org/10.53063/synsint.2021.1332

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