Revealing the Relationship Between the Entanglement Densities and Tribological Performance of UHMWPE
Peng Wei
State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Data curation (lead), Formal analysis (lead), Investigation (lead), Methodology (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorYang Sui
SINOPEC Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry co Ltd, Beijing, China
Beijing Key Laboratory of Failure, Corrosion, and Protection of Oil/Gas Facilities, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Methodology (equal), Writing - original draft (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorKunhang Yan
Beijing Key Laboratory of Failure, Corrosion, and Protection of Oil/Gas Facilities, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Methodology (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorJunhao Han
AVIC Xinxiang Aviation Industry (Group) co. Ltd., Xinxiang, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Methodology (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorYi Cui
Kingfa Sci.& Tech. Co. Ltd., Guangdong, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorChuanbo Cong
Beijing Key Laboratory of Failure, Corrosion, and Protection of Oil/Gas Facilities, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China
Contribution: Formal analysis (lead), Methodology (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorQiong Zhou
Beijing Key Laboratory of Failure, Corrosion, and Protection of Oil/Gas Facilities, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Funding acquisition (lead), Methodology (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorPengpeng Bai
State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Methodology (equal)
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Yu Tian
State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Correspondence:
Yu Tian ([email protected])
Contribution: Funding acquisition (lead), Methodology (equal), Supervision (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorPeng Wei
State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Data curation (lead), Formal analysis (lead), Investigation (lead), Methodology (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorYang Sui
SINOPEC Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry co Ltd, Beijing, China
Beijing Key Laboratory of Failure, Corrosion, and Protection of Oil/Gas Facilities, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Methodology (equal), Writing - original draft (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorKunhang Yan
Beijing Key Laboratory of Failure, Corrosion, and Protection of Oil/Gas Facilities, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Methodology (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorJunhao Han
AVIC Xinxiang Aviation Industry (Group) co. Ltd., Xinxiang, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Methodology (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorYi Cui
Kingfa Sci.& Tech. Co. Ltd., Guangdong, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Investigation (equal), Methodology (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorChuanbo Cong
Beijing Key Laboratory of Failure, Corrosion, and Protection of Oil/Gas Facilities, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China
Contribution: Formal analysis (lead), Methodology (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorQiong Zhou
Beijing Key Laboratory of Failure, Corrosion, and Protection of Oil/Gas Facilities, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Funding acquisition (lead), Methodology (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorPengpeng Bai
State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Contribution: Conceptualization (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Methodology (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Yu Tian
State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Correspondence:
Yu Tian ([email protected])
Contribution: Funding acquisition (lead), Methodology (equal), Supervision (equal)
Search for more papers by this authorFunding: This work was supported by Key Technologies Research and Development Program, 2022YFC2803702. Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province, 2021YFB3400601.
Peng Wei and Yang Sui authors contributed equally to this work.
ABSTRACT
Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) can be used as the candidate material for mixed transmission pipelines due to its fabulous wear durability, corrosion resistance, and self-lubricating qualities. Nonetheless, the connection between its microstructures and tribological performance is still unclear, and hence it is difficult to elucidate the mechanism of its wear resistance. Four types of UHMWPE samples (GUR 400Fine, GUR 4012, GUR 4130, and GUR 4150) were chosen for this study, and their tribological properties were tested. The results show that the coefficient of friction (COF) and wear rate (WR) of GUR 4130 decrease as the temperature increases, but its crystallinity would not be changed while its entanglement density increases and they were confirmed by dynamic mechanical analysis. Additionally, GUR 400Fine and GUR 4012 have similar molecular weight, GUR 400Fine's COF and WR are 1.12 and 1.37 times higher than those of GUR 4012 due to its lower entanglement density. Additionally, higher molecular weight causes higher entanglement density and better tribological performance. In conclusion, we have prepared UHMWPE with better wear resistance through a simple processing method.
Conflicts of Interest
All the authors declare no interest.
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