Nanostructured Metals & Coatings
Wear Resistance

Sliding Wear

Pin-on-disc wear testing using
a WC counter material.

XP was benchmarked against
hard Cr and as-deposited electroless Ni-P


  

Coating
Load
[N]

Penetration depth [mm]

Wear rate
 [mm3/hr]
Relative
Wear rate
XP
3
 0.2
1.0x10-3 

    1
XP,400ºC/4hr
3
 0.1
4.0x10-4 

    0.25
Hard Cr
3
 1.5
2.3x10-2 
 23
EN
1
10.5
2.9x10-1 

   290