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by Swagelok Northern California
by Jeff Hopkins, on 7/21/18 12:00 PM
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have experimented with the usual recipe of graphite paste for commercially used dry lubricants. They combined nanodiamonds with two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide layers—and then broke them. The resulting onion-like material composed of spherical graphitic shells experiences friction 10 times lower than that of fluoropolymers.
Unlike thin-film coatings, this super-lubricant constantly readjusts, so it lasts longer. It could therefore have hundreds of industrial applications—wherever two pieces of metal rub together in dry conditions.
Check out a Materials Today article about this breakthrough→
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