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Friction, wear, and evaporation rates of various materials in vacuum to 10(exp -7) mm hg
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1961 |
| Description | The requirements for bearings and seals to operate in the environment of space dictate a new area for lubrication research. The low ambient pressures encountered in space can be expected to influence the behavior of oil, grease, and solid-film lubricants. The property of these materials most significantly affected by low ambient pressures is the evaporation rate. Various investigators have therefore measured the evaporation rates of oils and greases in vacuum as one method of establishing their relative merit for space applications (1-3). The results of this work have given some indication as to the oils and greases with the greatest stability at reduced ambient pressures. Only limited experimental work, however, has been reported in the literature for inorganic solids and soft metals which have potential use as solid lubricant films or coatings for hard alloy substrates [e.g. Reference ( 4 )]. In general, the evaporation rates of these materials would be lower than those of oils and greases. These films might therefore be very attractive as lubricants for high vacuum service. |
| File Size | 13016090 |
| Page Count | 67 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20150020881 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6zw65w41 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1961-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Metals And Metallic Materials Mechanical Engineering Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
