SEM/EDAX Studies of Pattern Abrasion of ＂EPDM＂ Rubber Surfaces under Selected Parametric Combinations of Two-Body Abrasion in Controlled Laboratory Conditions

作     者：Abhijit Mukhopadhyay 

作者机构：Mechanical Engineering Department Jadavpur University Kolkata 700032 India 

出 版 物：《材料科学与工程（中英文A版）》 (Journal of Materials Science and Engineering A)

年 卷 期：2013年第3卷第1期

页      面：31-40页

学科分类：082304[工学-载运工具运用工程] 08[工学] 080204[工学-车辆工程] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 080502[工学-材料学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0823[工学-交通运输工程] 

主　　题：三元乙丙橡胶 磨损模式 EDAX 磨损表面 SEM 实验室条件 数组 扫描电子显微镜 

摘      要：Ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber is widely used as seals in automobile door, window and other parts. They are exposed to severe service as well as extreme environmental conditions. Reliability of such rubber parts are thus impaired mainly due to abrasion. In the present work dry abrasive wear of EPDM rubber of three different hardness was studied against silicon carbide abrasive paper under different parametric combinations of loads on job, cycles governing the working time and abrasive grades in a two-body abrasion tester. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) followed by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX) was then carried out to appraise the pattern abrasion of worn surfaces and the abrasion mechanisms were discussed and concluded accordingly. Further investigations are needed to deduce eventual correlations, if any, in this regard.