... on preferential load support by fillers. Recent studies found that tribochemical polarization of PTFE could trigger the formation of highly protective transfer films, thus resulting in exceptionally low wear-rates (k ∼ 10 −7 mm 3 /Nm) in certain composites. Although tribochemical interactions were believed...

.... The morphologies of worn surface of the ANSI-1045 steel and composites were observed using a confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to examine composite microstructures and to study modes of failure. The images of CLSM and SEM indicate that the property of transfer film...