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Research Article | Open Access

Boundary slip and lubrication mechanisms of organic friction modifiers with effect of surface moisture

Xiaobin YI1, Haiyu XU1, Ge JIN1, Yang LU1, Biqiang CHEN2, Shaofeng XU3( ), Junqin SHI1( ), Xiaoli FAN1
State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center of Advanced Lubrication and Seal Materials, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Xi’an Thermal Power Research Institute Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710054, China
NingboTech University, Ningbo 315000, China
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Abstract

Surface moisture or humidity impacting the lubrication property is a ubiquitous phenomenon in tribological systems, which is demonstrated by a combination of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and experiment for the organic friction modifier (OFM)-containing lubricant. The stearic acid and poly-α-olefin 4cSt (PAO4) were chosen as the OFM and base oil molecules, respectively. The physical adsorption indicates that on the moist surface water molecules are preferentially adsorbed on friction surface, and even make OFM adsorption film thoroughly leave surface and mix with base oil. In shear process, the adsorption of water film and desorption OFM film are further enhanced, particularly under higher shear rate. The simulated friction coefficient (that is proportional to shear rate) increases firstly and then decreases with thickening water film, in good agreement with experiments, while the slip length shows a contrary change. The wear increases with humidity due to tribochemistry revealing the continuous formation and removal of Si–O–Si network. The tribological discrepancy of OFM-containing lubricant in dry and humid conditions is attributed to the slip plane’s transformation from the interface between OFM adsorption film and lubricant bulk to the interface between adsorbed water films. This work provides a new thought to understand the boundary lubrication and failure of lubricant in humid environments, likely water is not always harmful in oil lubrication systems.

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boundary lubricationboundary sliporganic friction modifier (OFM)surface moisture

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Friction
Volume 12 Issue 7,
July 2024
Pages 1483-1498
DOI: 10.1007/s40544-023-0820-0
Cite this article:
YI X, XU H, JIN G, et al. Boundary slip and lubrication mechanisms of organic friction modifiers with effect of surface moisture. Friction, 2024, 12(7): 1483-1498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-023-0820-0

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Received: 08 October 2022
Revised: 21 November 2022
Accepted: 27 August 2023
Published: 02 February 2024
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