Lubricating Characteristics of Polyimide Bonded Graphite Fluoride and Polyimide Thin Films

1 January 1973

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in A S L E Transactions

Vol. 16 (3) , 189-196
https://doi.org/10.1080/05698197308982721

Abstract

A friction and wear life study was conducted on the use of a polyimide (PI) varnish as a binder for the solid lubricant, graphite fluoride (CF_1.1)_n. Also studied were the lubricating properties of PI thin films with no solid lubricant additives. For comparison, similar experiments on PI-bonded MoS₂ and burnished films of MoS₂ or (CF_1.1)_n were conducted. The best results were obtained with the PI-bonded (CF_1.1)_n films. The polyimide thin films (with no solid lubricant additives) did not lubricate well at 25 C; however, when heated to 100 C, low friction and long wear lives were obtained.

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