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Tribo-chemistry and Tribo-corrosion

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Tribological losses at interfaces can cost important recourses such as time and money. Knowledge of interface chemistry is vital to understand fundamentals of tribological parameters. Sliding of two surfaces provide favorable thermodynamic parameters for chemical reactions to take place at these interfaces. The study of these reactions primarily studied under special fields of tribology, i.e., tribo-chemistry and tribo-corrosion. It is difficult to separate these two fields. Usually, study of tribo-corrosion deals with surface deterioration due to the synergism of tribological factors, electrical stimulus, and corrosion. The thermodynamics approach can be utilized to understand the tribo-chemical reactions. This chapter provides different approaches taken to study these two fields. In this chapter, some of the mechanisms responsible for and applications of tribo-chemical interactions are discussed for example tribo-emission, tribo-chemical polishing, tribo-chemistry of magnetic media drive. Tribo-corrosion of coatings and metallic materials is briefly discussed. The case study of complex tribo-chemistry in sugarcane roller mill is included.

∗John Valdes retired from British Petroleum’s Refining Centre, Texas City as Senior Chemist after 37 years of service

An erratum to this chapter can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1945-7_28

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX, USA

    Sudeep P. Ingole Ph.D.

  2. College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX, USA

    John Valdes

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    Pradeep L. Menezes

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    Michael Nosonovsky

  3. Department of Marine Engineering, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas, USA

    Sudeep P. Ingole

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

    Satish V. Kailas

  5. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    Michael R. Lovell

Exercise

Exercise

  1. 1.

    Describe briefly

    1. (a)

      Tribo-chemistry

    2. (b)

      Tribo-corrosion

    3. (c)

      Exo-electrons

  2. 2.

    What is NIRAM–HSAB mechanism?

  3. 3.

    What are the criteria for lubrication in magnetic storage devices? Why is it necessary?

  4. 4.

    What are the factors affecting lubrication in magnetic storage devices?

  5. 5.

    Describe tribo-chemical polishing.

  6. 6.

    Describe one example of tribo-corrosion you have seen in everyday life apart from those are described in this book.

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Ingole, S.P., Valdes, J. (2013). Tribo-chemistry and Tribo-corrosion. In: Menezes, P., Nosonovsky, M., Ingole, S., Kailas, S., Lovell, M. (eds) Tribology for Scientists and Engineers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1945-7_22

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