The effect of contact load on CoCrMo wear and the formation and retention of tribofilms
By M.A. Wimmer and M.P. Laurent and M.T. Mathew and C. Nagelli and Y. Liao and L.D. Marks and J.J. Jacobs and A. Fischer
Published in Wear
2015
Abstract
Tribochemical reactions in a protein lubricated metal-on-metal (MoM) sliding contact may play a significant role for its wear performance. Such reactions lead to the formation of a carbonaceous