Avaliação tribológica de um óleo mineral aditivado com nanopartículas superparamagnéticas de óxido de ferro

Abstract

The study of the synthesis and properties of superparamagnetic nanoparticles is growing up significantly along the years, allowing interaction with many knowledge. The nanoparticles additivation in mineral oils is one of them, for its performance as lubrificants, showing superior tribological properties in comparison with commercial ones, reducing the fricction coefficient and the wear of the mechanical components. The purpose of this research is to study the tribological performance of a parafinic mineral oil additived with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs), in order to evaluate the influence of the nanoparticles in the tribological properties (fricction coefficient and wear) when exposed to different loads and surface roughnesses differents. The tribotests were using a SRV-4 tribometer. The test parameters were the nanoparticle size (2 nm, 7 nm e 15 nm), the surface roughness, in this case polished, sanded and grounded, and the applied load steps over time (30 N – 250 N). The nanoparticles characterization was conducted by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS). About the pure oil characterization and the ferroluids, was performed by FTIR. The fricction coefficient values were obtained during the tribotest in the SRV-4 tribometer. Furthermore, the AISI 52100 stell ball wear and AISI H13 steel disc wear were analyzed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Raman Spectroscopy and White Light Interferometry (WLI), using the results obtained for pure oil as references. The SPIONs best results as antifriction additive were obtained with the low loads (30 N and 50 N) and with the rough surface (Ground).