Friction and wear behavior of CaO-MgO-Al_2O_3-SiO_2 glass-ceramics prepared by waste casting sands

摘要

CaO-MgO-Al_2O_3-SiO_2 glass-ceramics were produced by using waste casting sands as a main raw material. Friction and wear tests for the glass-ceramics were conducted with M-200 wear tester against GCr15 steel wheel. The worn morphologies, wear mechanisms and compositions of the glass-ceramics were observed and analyzed with scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy diffraction spectrum (EDS). The results show that under the dry friction sliding the glass-ceramics present high wear rate and friction coefficient, with wear mechanisms are dominantly brittle spalling and some with adhesive wear. By an addition of 10% pure aluminum, the density of the glass-ceramics and wear resistance can be improved with their friction coefficient being lowered. Under oil lubrication sliding, the friction coefficient of glass-ceramics decreases and their wear resistance increases extremely, whose reason is that small pores within the glass-ceramics play an role on oil storage.