Study on tribological and electrochemistry properties of metal materials in H₂O₂ solutions

Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) is a kind of ideal green propellant. It is crucial to study the wear behavior and failure modes of the metal materials under the strong oxidizing environment of H₂O₂. This study aims to investigate the wear of rubbing pairs of 2Cr13 stainless steel against 1045 metal in H₂O₂ solutions, which has a great effect on wear, the decomposition and damage mechanism of materials. The comparison analysis of the friction coefficients, wear mass loss, worn surface topographies and current densities was conducted under different concentrations of H₂O₂ solutions. There were significant differences in the tribological and electrochemistry properties of the rubbing pairs in different H₂O₂ solutions.

Keywords

hydrogen peroxide / wear / corrosion / wear mechanism

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the Key Basic Research Program of China for its fully funding this research project (No. 2007CB607603).

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