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Title: Lubricated boride surfaces

Patent ·
OSTI ID:871986

Ultralow friction properties available through the annealation and subsequent cooling of various boron-containing substrates, articles and/or components.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
Assignee:
ARCH Development Corporation (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
US 5840132
OSTI ID:
871986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Ultralow friction behavior of borided steel surfaces after flash annealing journal February 1996
Relationship of hertzian contact pressure to friction behavior of self-lubricating boric acid films journal December 1991
Formation of ultralow friction surface films on boron carbide journal March 1996
The Synergistic Effects of Solid and Liquid Lubrication on the Tribological Behavior of Transformation-Toughened ZrO 2 Ceramics journal January 1992