TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanical behaviour of sputtered aluminium thin films under high sliding loads
AU - Mwema, Fredrick M.
AU - Akinlabi, Esther T.
AU - Oladijo, O. P.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In this work, the wear behaviour of thin aluminium thin films (thickness range of 750-1500 nm) deposited on rough stainless-steel substrate through radio-frequency (rf) magnetron sputtering at varying substrate temperature (Ts) was studied. The films were studied under extremely high wear loads of 30 N and 50 N. The coefficient of friction and material loss are characterised as functions of the Ts of the deposited aluminium films. It was observed that due to the evolving microstructural and roughness properties of the films, the material behaviour of the films under extremely high sliding loads significantly depend on the substrate temperature. The most significant coefficient of friction was observed at 60oC and 80oC, and highest material loss was recorded at 100oC. The material loss and variation of the coefficient of friction were related to the morphology (porosity and roughness) of the sputtered thin films.
AB - In this work, the wear behaviour of thin aluminium thin films (thickness range of 750-1500 nm) deposited on rough stainless-steel substrate through radio-frequency (rf) magnetron sputtering at varying substrate temperature (Ts) was studied. The films were studied under extremely high wear loads of 30 N and 50 N. The coefficient of friction and material loss are characterised as functions of the Ts of the deposited aluminium films. It was observed that due to the evolving microstructural and roughness properties of the films, the material behaviour of the films under extremely high sliding loads significantly depend on the substrate temperature. The most significant coefficient of friction was observed at 60oC and 80oC, and highest material loss was recorded at 100oC. The material loss and variation of the coefficient of friction were related to the morphology (porosity and roughness) of the sputtered thin films.
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.796.67
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.796.67
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064387715
SN - 1013-9826
VL - 796
SP - 67
EP - 73
JO - Key Engineering Materials
JF - Key Engineering Materials
ER -