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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ranjan, Nisha
• Shende, Rashmi C.
• Kamaraj, Muthusamy
• Ramaprabhu, Sundara

Titel

Utilization of TiO2/gC3N4 nanoadditive to boost oxidative properties of vegetable oil for tribological application

Ist Teil von

• Friction, 2021-04, Vol.9 (2), p.273-287

Ort / Verlag

Beijing: Tsinghua University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The emergence of vegetable oil as a promising alternative lubricant in the tribological application space has fueled research for making these oils as useful as mineral oils. Tribological modification of vegetable oil by the addition of TiO 2 /gC 3 N 4 nanocomposite (as a nanoadditive) was studied here. The dispersion of the nanoadditive in the vegetable oil showed good oil dispersion stability without the addition of any surfactant. The tribological studies were conducted in a four-ball tester using ASTM standard D5183. In addition, the effect of temperature on tribological performance was also studied to understand the oxidation behavior of vegetable oil. The results showed a significant improvement in friction and wear properties of the optimized nano-oil. The mechanism behind the improvement in friction and wear properties is annotated in this paper.