Abstract:
The tribological properties of MoS
2/SiCH composite system were investigated in vacuum environment, and the friction/wear mechanisms were also discussed. The results show that the MoS
2/SiCH composite system exhibited better tribological performances because the characteristic columnar microstructure of sputtered MoS
2 film could adsorb SiCH oil under the composite lubrication condition. The MoS
2/SiCH composite system exhibited a good synergistic effect as only the disk was coated with the MoS
2 film. In this case, the wear life was 1.86×10
6 cycles, which was ~1.2 and 4.0 times longer than those at separate SiCH oil and MoS
2 film lubrication conditions.