Engineering Research Equipment Grant:  Auger Electron Spect-rometer and Upgrade of a Fourier Transform Infrated Spectro-photometer
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The development of a low heat rejection diesel or combination diesel            and gas turbine engine requires lubricants and machine surfaces capable         of operation at temperatures of 500 degrees C and above.  If solid              lubricants are used, it is dificult to replenish them.  One method of           replacement is the generation of lubricant carbon by catalytic                  dissociation or reduction of combustion gases on the wear surfaces              themselves.  A study of such a process has been underway using an               ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) system to obtain well-defined surfaces and               conditions.  This system was designed to allow in-place analysis of             friction, wear, surface probile (by optical profilometry),                      environmental and desorbed gases (by mass spectrometry), and surface            adsorbates (by emission infrared Fourier spectroscopy FTIR, through             windows).  For the exact definition of the wear surface, Auger electron         spectroscopy (AES) with a dedicated instrument is essential.  For               surface kinetic measurements the FTIR needs upgrading.  When ethylene           was used as a test gas the friction coefficient for nickel-containing           alloys or ceramics provided with a transfer film of nickel-containing           alloy was reproducibly reduced by factors of six or more.
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{'Code': '1444', 'Text': 'SURFACE ENGINEERING'}
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