Abstract
The problems of oil lubricants in waste and maintenance management are crucial for cost and environment. Water with less harmful to environment is suitable as a candidate lubricant to replace oil lubricants. However, water is lack of viscosity, which leads to high friction and severe wear between the sliding materials. Graphene Oxide (GO) is single layer graphite with oxygen functional groups and easy to be dispersed in water. In this study, the effect of friction reduction by water dispersed GO has been evaluated with different sliding materials. The friction coefficients between SUS304 substrate vs. SUS304 ball and SUS304 substrate vs. tungsten carbide (WC) ball were approximately 0.05. Severe wear was apparent on the SUS304 ball surface slid in the GO dispersion; however, only small wear was observed on the WC ball surface after friction test in the GO dispersion.
