The wear behaviour of as-rolled carbon steel (ARCS) in D0T4 brake fluid is investigated and reported in this study.Sample was characterised using chemical analysis,hardness,impact and tensile strength tests.Arc-spectrometry and the Energy Dispersive X-Ray (EDS) facilities were used to ascertain the chemical compositions.The microstructures and wear track patterns of samples were evaluated using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and High-resolution metallurgical microscope.The wear of as-rolled carbon steel (ARCS) samples subjected to reciprocating motion of loads at room temperature and constant wear time were compared in air,D0T4 fluid and water.The frictional behaviour and wear track patterns of the specimens subjected to varied normal loads (3,5 and ION) under reciprocating sliding wear were employed to assess the wear damage of samples in the three different environments.The coefficient of friction (CoF) obtained tends to be in the order of μ_(DOT4) brake fluid < μ_(water) < μ(air) comparatively for the three test environments.
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