Tribological Investigation of Lubricant Strengthened with Nano-Scale Cupric Oxide Ceramic Material

Abstract

The lubrication of the modern vehicles has to bear diverse and relative high loads. The environmental protection and the energy consumption regulations require continuous development of vehicles and their lubricating media to reach lower emission and fuel consumption with longer component lifetime. To reach these goals, engineers invented different technical solutions (e.g. surface coating with non-metallic materials) and these solutions need to be compatible. This article presents the investigation method and the test results of a nano-scale cupric oxide (CuO) material. The experiments were carried out with the equipment at the Széchenyi István University in Győr and at the Institute of Nuclear Research in Debrecen. This research was supported by the EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00017 Internationalisation, initiatives to establish a new source for researchers and graduates, development of knowledge and technological transfer as instruments of intelligent specialisations at Széchenyi University.