Grain coarsening behavior in a nanocrystalline copper subjected to sliding friction

作者:Zhang Y S; Niu H Z; Zhang L C; Bai X F; Zhang X M; Zhang P X*
来源:Materials Letters, 2014, 123: 261-264.
DOI:10.1016/j.matlet.2014.02.050

摘要

A grain coarsening behavior was reported in this work in nanocrystalline copper during sliding friction. The cross-sectional microstructure and micro-hardness of the pure copper subjected to sliding friction were investigated in detail. A nano-grained surface layer of copper was obtained after sliding against a WC-Co ball for the first 100 cycles. However, a pronounced grain coarsening was observed during the subsequent sliding cycles. Such a behavior is dominated by high stress, high strain as well as large amplitude adopted in sliding friction.