Abstract
The work aims to deposit diamond-like carbon (DLC) film on the surface of micro-arc oxidation films on titanium and explore the influence of DLC film deposition on the tribological property of micro-arc oxidation (MAO) films with different surface morphologies. Two kinds of MAO films (MAO_10 and MAO_60) with different surface roughness and micro-pore sizes were fabricated in the aluminate electrolytes with the MAO time of 10 min and 60 min, respectively. Then, a DLC film was deposited on the surface of the MAO film by magnetron sputtering to obtain MAO/DLC composite films. The surface roughness, micro-pore size, friction coefficient, wear rate and wear scar morphology of the MAO and MAO/DLC films were observed and studied by confocal microscope, CSM friction tester, Mahr surface profiler and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The increasing MAO time increased surface roughness and average micro-pore size, but decreased micro-pore number of MAO films. After the DLC deposition, a relatively good DLC top layer was formed on the surface of MAO_10 film. However, the DLC top layer on the MAO_60 film exhibited a discontinuous distribution due to the high surface roughness and large micro-pore size of MAO_60 film. The surface roughness and average micro-pore size of MAO/DLC composite films were lower than that of MAO films. The tribological test results showed that the friction coefficient and wear rate of MAO_10/DLC composite film were significantly lower than that of MAO_10 film. The stable friction coefficient of MAO_10 film and MAO_10/DLC composite film was 0.85 and 0.24, and the wear rate was 12.76×10-6 mm3/(N?m) and 3.71×10-6 mm3/(N?m), respectively. In contrast, the stable friction coefficient and average wear rate of MAO_60/DLC composite film were near to that of MAO_60 film. The stable friction coefficient of MAO_60 film and MAO_60/DLC composite film was 0.77 and 0.67, and the wear rate was 68.02×10-6 mm3/(N?m) and 61.81×10-6 mm3/(N?m), respectively. When the DLC film is deposited on the MAO film with relatively smooth surface and small micro-pore size, the fabricated MAO/DLC composite film has good tribological property due to the formation of a continuous lubricating layer. In contrast, when the DLC film is deposited on the MAO film with rough surface and large micro-pore size, the continuous lubricating layer is difficult to form, thus leading to a relatively poor tribological property.
Key words
TA2; micro-arc oxidation; DLC; friction coefficient; wear rate
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LI Yun-yu, REN Xi-peng, CHEN Zhao-xiang, LI Hao, REN Li-mei.
Influence of DLC Film Deposition on the Tribological Property of Micro-arc Oxidation Films with Different Surface Morphologies on Titanium[J]. Surface Technology. 2019, 48(7): 112-121
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Supported by the Returned Overseas Chinese Talents Foundation (CL201726), Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (E2016203270), Foundation for Science and Technology Research in University of Hebei Province (QN2019013), the Fundamental Research Foundation of Yanshan University (020000904), Doctoral Foundation of Yanshan University (B943)