The critical surface energy of steels surface modified by ion implantation was evaluated. Zisman’s method was used to investigate the critical surface energy of 40Cr, # 45, GCr15, 1Crl8Ni9Ti steels implanted under the different conditions from the contact angle data. The critical surface energy in steel shows a general tendency to decrease with the increase of implanting energy and dose. On the grounds of the relationship between the energy of adhesion of sliding interfaces and the solid surface energy, reduction of friction and increase of wear resistance of the implanted surfaces have been demonstrated experimentally.
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