Title :
Wear properties of PTFE polymer coated carbon steel using atmospheric and RF low pressure plasma
Author :
Ozkavak, H. Varol ; Hala, A. ; Teke, Erdogan ; Oksuz, Lutfi ; Kurbanoglu, C.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Sci. Vocational Sch., Mech. Dept., SDU, Isparta, Turkey
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) polymer material was deposited onto surface of heat treated AISI 1050 carbon steel by atmospheric and vacumm plasma system with different plasma parametres (treatment time, gas type, frequency, power and pressure). Wear tests of coated surface were conducted by using a tribotester. After the deposition surface morphology of samples were analysed by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and Optical Microscope (OM), it was found that under atmospheric pressure plasma treatment conditions PTFE coated substrates had a friction coeifficent that was twice as much as that for the low pressure RF plasma treatment conditions.
Keywords :
X-ray chemical analysis; atomic force microscopy; carbon steel; friction; heat treatment; optical microscopy; plasma materials processing; polymers; scanning electron microscopy; surface morphology; wear resistant coatings; wear testing; AFM; EDS; PTFE polymer coated carbon steel; RF low pressure plasma; SEM; atmospheric pressure plasma; atomic force microscopy; energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy; friction coeifficent; heat treated AISI 1050 carbon steel; optical microscopy; plasma frequency; plasma parametres; plasma power; polytetrafluoroethylene; pressure 1 atm; scanning electron microscopy; surface morphology; tribotester; wear properties; wear tests; Atomic force microscopy; Plasmas; Radio frequency; Scanning electron microscopy; Surface morphology; Surface treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2013 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2013.6635156
