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Chinese Journal of Materials Research  2016, Vol. 30 Issue (6): 427-437    DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2015.691
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Polytetrafluoroethylene Composites Filled with Mullite and their Tribological Performance
LI Cui, SUN Tao, SHI Guojun**(), YUAN Yue, ZHANG Chenkai
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China
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LI Cui, SUN Tao, SHI Guojun, YUAN Yue, ZHANG Chenkai. Polytetrafluoroethylene Composites Filled with Mullite and their Tribological Performance. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2016, 30(6): 427-437.

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Abstract  

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) composites filled with mullite were prepared by mechanical blending, heat compression and then sintering at elevated temperature. The mechanical properties, crystal structure and thermal properties were characterized by universal material testing machine, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermal mechanical analysis (TMA), respectively. The friction coefficient and wear rate of the prepared PTFE composites were tested by an MRH-3 high speed friction and wear tester, and the surface morphologies of the composites after friction test were analyzed by a field-emitting scanning electron microscope. It was found that mullite fillings were well dispersed in PTFE, and the thermal and mechanical properties of the composites were enhanced, such as modulus of elasticity, glass transition temperature and average linear expansion coefficient. The friction coefficients of the prepared composites with mullite fillings less than 10% (mass fraction) were smaller than that of pure PTFE, and the larger friction coefficient was found for those with higher among of mullite fillings. It was more important to find that the wear rate of the composites filled with 40% (mass fraction) of mullite fillings decreased to 1/530 of that for the pure PTFE.

Key words:  composite      PTFE      mullite      friction coefficient      wear rate     
Received:  03 December 2015     
ZTFLH:  TH117TQ325  
Fund: *Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province No.BK2012681, Ph.D.Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China No.20123250120008, and A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
About author:  **To whom correspondence should be addressed, Tel: (0514)87937661, E-mail: gjshi@yzu.edu.cn

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Fig.1  FT-IR spectra of the PTFE, mullite and mullite-PTFE composite
Fig.2  XRD patterns of the PTFE, mullite and PTFE-mullite composites
Fig.3  Variations of tensile properties of PTFE-mullite composites with mass fraction of mullite
Fig.4  Variations of elastic modulus of PTFE-mullite composites with mass fraction of mullite
Fig.5  Tensile fracture morphologies of PTFE and PTFE-mullite composites containing different mass fractions of mullite, (a) PTFE, (b) PTFE+10%Mul, (c) PTFE+20%Mul, (d) PTFE+30%Mul, (e) PTFE+40%Mul, (f) PTFE+50%Mul
Fig.6  Variations of hardness of PTFE and PTFE-mullites composites with mass fraction of mullite
Fig.7  DSC curves of PTFE and PTFE-mullite composites
Sample Glass transition
temperature /℃
Melting point /℃ Melting heat
/(J/g)
Degree of
crystallinity/%
PTFE 322.8 327.4 20.73 30.04
PTFE+10%Mul 322.1 327.6 23.26 37.08
PTFE+20%Mul 323.0 327.9 17.31 30.10
PTFE+30%Mul 323.2 327.8 16.95 31.93
PTFE+40%Mul 322.4 327.3 15.34 31.12
PTFE+50%Mul 322.4 327.3 13.73 29.85
Table 1  Thermal properties of PTFE and PTFE-mullite composites
Fig.8  TMA curves of PTFE and PTFE-mullite composites containing different mass fractions of mullite
Sample Coefficient of linear
expansion (×10-4-1)(30-160℃)
Glass transition
temperature/℃
PTFE 1.31 307.4
PTFE+10% Mul 1.24 311.3
PTFE+20% Mul 1.31 309.0
PTFE+30% Mul 1.26 310.6
PTFE+40% Mul 1.31 310.0
PTFE+50% Mul 1.10 311.0
Table 2  Average values of coefficient of linear expansion and glass transition temperature of PTFE and PTFE-mullite composites
Fig.9  Friction coefficient vs. sliding distance curves for PTFE and PTFE-mullite composites
Fig.10  Variations of wear rate and average friction coefficient of PTFE and PTFE-mullite composites with mass fraction of mullite
Fig.11  SEM and 3D laser microscope images of PTFE and PTFE-mullite composites under dry sliding condition
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