Add time:07/26/2019         Source:sciencedirect.com

Activating a self-healing process is a viable approach for preventing the failure of ceramics experiencing mechanically-induced crack propagation. Previously, it was demonstrated that niobium oxide (Nb2O5) exhibits self-healing properties activated by the formation of Nb-Ag-O ternary oxide when heated above 945 °C in presence of silver. In this study, we explore the mechanism of lowering the high-temperature healing requirement by assisting the process of crack repair with a normal load and shear stresses. Specifically, we propose to use tribologically-induced local heating as a mechanism to enhance the self-healing ability of Nb2O5. During a pin-on-disk test, whereby a niobium oxide flat was sliding against a silver-coated ball, a sudden lowering of the coefficient of friction was observed at elevated temperatures (~600 °C). The better performance of the coating was associated with a surface reconstruction process initiated inside the wear track. Extensive characterization analysis of the wear track using energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and x-ray diffraction confirmed the presence of an Nb-Ag-O ternary oxide phase inside the wear track formed at elevated temperature. The formation of an Nb-Ag-O ternary oxide at a much lower than thermodynamically-required temperature suggests that the self-healing process can be initiated directly during mechanically induced stresses. Such a process is a new recipe for improving wear and crack resistance characteristics of ceramic components and may be tuned to provide the desired frictional response.

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