The tribological behavior of TiZrHfNbTa refractory high-entropy alloy (RHEA) sliding against Si3N4ball was investigatedin the air, deionized water and seawater at room temperature as well as under dry condition at high temperature. The resultsshowed t...
The tribological behavior of TiZrHfNbTa refractory high-entropy alloy (RHEA) sliding against Si3N4ball was investigatedin the air, deionized water and seawater at room temperature as well as under dry condition at high temperature. The resultsshowed that the TiZrHfNbTa RHEA was composed of single BCC phase. The wear rate in air, deionized water and seawaterreached the maximum value of 3.02 × 10−4 mm3/(Nm), 2 × 10−4 mm3/(Nm) and 3.18 × 10−4 mm3/(Nm) at 10 N, respectively.
Moreover, the wear rate in deionized water was much lower than that in air, while the wear rate in seawater was close to thatin air. The wear mechanisms were all transitioned from the abrasive wear to adhesive wear with increasing the normal load.
At high temperature, the wear rate increased first and then decreased, reached the maximum value of 2.04 × 10–4 mm3/(Nm)at 500 ℃. In addition, oxidation occurred at 400 ℃. The wear mechanism changed from the abrasive wear to oxidation wearat high temperature.