RT Conference Proceedings T1 Wear behaviour of copper matrix composites A1 Coupard, D. A1 Castro, M. C. A1 Coleto, J. A1 Garcia, A. A1 Goni, J. A1 Palacios, J. K. AB Wear and friction behavior of CuSnl2 bronze and CuSnl2 bronze/graphite-alumina composites have been investigated. The CuSnl2 composite shows excellent wear resistance and a lower coefficient of friction with respect to its matrix alloy. The tribological properties of the composite are mainly attributed to the thin layer of graphite at the surface of the wear track impeding the metal-to-metal contact. Thus, the coefficient of friction of the CuSnl2 composite is three times lower than that of the CuSnl2 bronze and the composite wear loss could not be detected after a 30 minutes wear test under a load and velocity of respectively 30 Kgs and 166 mm/s. SN 1013-9826 YR 1997 FD 1997 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/4457 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/4457 LA eng NO Coupard , D , Castro , M C , Coleto , J , Garcia , A , Goni , J & Palacios , J K 1997 , ' Wear behaviour of copper matrix composites ' , Key Engineering Materials , vol. 127-131 , no. Pt 2 , pp. 1009-1016 . DS TECNALIA Publications RD 30 jul 2024