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Research Article | Open Access

Comparative study on corrosion resistance and lubrication function of lithium complex grease and polyurea grease

Guanlin REN1, Pengfei ZHANG1, Xiangyuan YE2, Wen LI1, Xiaoqiang FAN3( ), Minhao ZHU1,3
Tribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Baoji 721013, China
Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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Abstract

In this study, lithium complex grease (LCG) and polyurea grease (PUG) were synthesized using mineral oil (500SN) and polyalphaolefin (PAO40) as base oil, adsorbed onto lithium complex soap and polyurea as thickeners, respectively. The effects of grease formulation (thickener and base oil with different amounts (80, 85, and 90 wt%) on the corrosion resistance and lubrication function were investigated in detail. The results have verified that the as-prepared greases have good anti-corrosion ability, ascribed to good salt-spray resistance and sealing function. Furthermore, the increase in the amount of base oil reduces the friction of the contact interface to some extent, whereas the wear resistance of these greases is not consistent with the friction reduction, because the thickener has a significant influence on the tribological property of greases, especially load-carrying capacity. PUG displays better physicochemical performance and lubrication function than LCG under the same conditions, mainly depending on the component/structure of polyurea thickener. The polyurea grease with 90 wt% PAO displays the best wear resistance owing to the synergistic lubrication of grease-film and tribochemical film, composed of Fe2O3, FeO(OH), and nitrogen oxide.

Keywords

lithium complex greasepolyurea greasesalt-spray resistancetribological property

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Friction
Volume 9 Issue 1,
February 2021
Pages 75-91
DOI: 10.1007/s40544-019-0325-z
Cite this article:
REN G, ZHANG P, YE X, et al. Comparative study on corrosion resistance and lubrication function of lithium complex grease and polyurea grease. Friction, 2021, 9(1): 75-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-019-0325-z

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Received: 02 July 2019
Revised: 06 August 2019
Accepted: 03 September 2019
Published: 13 December 2019
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