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Chinese Journal of Materials Research  2019, Vol. 33 Issue (1): 59-64    DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2017.798
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Suspension Dispersibility and Tribological Properties of Graphene-modified Lubricant Oil
Yu TONG1,Wanhong LI1,Jia DONG1,Xuejun SONG1,Han WANG2,3,You ZENG2,3()
1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Shenyang 110168, China
2. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China
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Yu TONG,Wanhong LI,Jia DONG,Xuejun SONG,Han WANG,You ZENG. Suspension Dispersibility and Tribological Properties of Graphene-modified Lubricant Oil. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2019, 33(1): 59-64.

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Abstract  

The concentration of graphene in lubricant oil was measured by means of spectrophotometric method, in terms of an apparent linear relationship between the absorbance and the graphene concentration (0.0125~0.100 mg/mL) of lubricant oils. By making use of such linear relationship, the effect of the initial concentration of graphene, ultrasonic treatment time and surfactant content on the suspensibility and dispersibility of the graphene-modified lubricant oil were assessed, and thereby, the preparation processing was optimized. The as-prepared graphene-modified lubricant oil showed typically outstanding suspension dispersibility for long-term, which should be attributed to the optimization of ultrasonic time and surfactant concentration. The graphene-modified lubricant oil also presented excellent performance in friction reduction and wear resistance, namely the friction coefficient was found to decrease by 74.78% for the lubricant oil intermingled with 0.025 mg/mL graphene in comparison with the blank oil, correspondingly the wear scar diameter reduced by 28.33%.

Key words:  inorganic non-metallic materials      graphene      surface modification      suspensibility and dispersibility      friction and wear     
Received:  11 January 2018     
ZTFLH:  TH117  
Fund: Department of Education of Liaoning Province(LJZ2017016);Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science(2017RP10);Department of Science and Techno-logy of Shenyang City(17-231-1-66)

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https://www.cjmr.org/EN/10.11901/1005.3093.2017.798     OR     https://www.cjmr.org/EN/Y2019/V33/I1/59

Fig.1  Microstructural characteristics of GNS graphene (a) Raman spectrum; (b) SEM morphology; (c) Laser diffraction particle size
Fig.2  Evaluation of graphene-modified lubricant oil by a spectrophotometric method (a) UV-Vis spectra; (b) relationship beween adsorbance and GNS concentration
Fig.3  Influence of ultrasonic treatment on the absorbance of GNS graphene-modified lubricant oil being determined before and after a process of 12 h settlement
Fig.4  Influence of SDBS concentration to the absorbance of GNS graphene-modified lubricant oil before and after a process of 12 h settlement
Concentration of GNS/mg·mL-100.01250.0250.0500.0750.100
Concentration of SDBS/mg·mL-10.30.50.60.80.9
Ultrasonic time/h2.52.53.03.54.0
Table 1  Proposed processing of graphene-modified lubricant oil obtained with different GNS content
Fig. 5  Contribtuion of GNS concentration upon the tribological properites of graphene-modified lubricant oil (a) friction coefficient during the tribological testing; (b) scars diameter
Fig.6  Surface morphology of the scar obtained with the lubricant oil (a) without and (b) with the involvement of GNS graphene in a concentration of 0.025 mg/mL
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