Lead-bismuth liquid metal: Lubrication behaviors

Jun Cheng; Shengyu Zhu; Hui Tan; Yuan Yu; Jun Yang; Weimin Liu

doi:10.1016/j.wear.2019.04.027

Lead-bismuth liquid metal: Lubrication behaviors

Jun Cheng
, Shengyu Zhu
, Hui Tan
, Yuan Yu
, Jun Yang
, Weimin Liu

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Abstract

Lead-bismuth eutectic liquid metal (LBE)is the primary coolant for the advanced liquid-metal nuclear reactor, and clarification of its lubrication behavior and mechanism at elevated temperature is of importance. In this paper, a self-mated high-temperature steel sliding-pair and a pin-on-disc configuration are selected to evaluate the lubrication behaviors of LBE at 250 °C and 400 °C under argon atmosphere. It is found that LBE possesses an excellent lubricity proofed by the low friction coefficient of 0.1 and the wear rate of 10⁻⁶ mm³/Nm for the steel discs. Close inspection on the friction interfaces indicates that the worn surfaces of the steel discs are covered by a smooth tribo-film consisting of Bi, Pb₇Bi₃ and the related oxides.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	94-99
Number of pages	6
Journal	Wear
Volume	430-431
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2019.04.027
State	Published - 15 Jul 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

High temperature
Lead-bismuth eutectic liquid metal (LBE)
Lubrication behavior and mechanism
Nuclear

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