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Graphene platelet reinforced copper composites for improved tribological and thermal properties

In this work, investigations were conducted to evaluate a type of graphene platelet–reinforced copper (GPL/Cu) composite for enhanced tribological and thermal properties. The pin-on-disc (steel) results show that the wear loss and the friction coefficient of the composites decrease by nearly 80% and...

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Autores principales: Wu, Mingxia, Chen, Zhe, Huang, Chunjie, Huang, Kunlan, Jiang, Kyle, Liu, Jian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9076185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35541416
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ra07962a
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Sumario:In this work, investigations were conducted to evaluate a type of graphene platelet–reinforced copper (GPL/Cu) composite for enhanced tribological and thermal properties. The pin-on-disc (steel) results show that the wear loss and the friction coefficient of the composites decrease by nearly 80% and 70%, respectively, in comparison with those of pure Cu. Thermal conductivity of the composites initially improves substantially by approximately 30% with a slight loading of 0.25 vol% GPLs and decreases gradually with a higher content of GPLs. Microstructural analysis reveals that the enhancement in the tribological property is attributed to both the self-lubricating property of GPLs and grain refinement while the improvement in the thermal property is closely associated with the uniform dispersion of GPLs.