On the Mechanism of ZDDP Antiwear Film Formation

被引:251
作者
Zhang, Jie [1 ]
Spikes, Hugh [1 ]
机构
[1] Imperial Coll London, London, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
ZDDP; Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate; Antiwear; Tribochemistry; Mechanochemistry; Stress-promoted thermal activation; Activation energy; Reaction rate; ZINC DITHIOPHOSPHATE; BOUNDARY LUBRICATION; IN-SITU; PART I; MECHANOCHEMISTRY; FRICTION; ADDITIVES; BEHAVIOR; TRIBOEMISSION; TEMPERATURE;
D O I
10.1007/s11249-016-0706-7
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate additives are used to control wear and inhibit oxidation in almost all engine oils as well as many other types of lubricant. They limit wear primarily by forming a thick, protective, phosphate glass-based tribofilm on rubbing surfaces. This film formation can occur at low temperatures and is relatively indifferent to the chemical nature of the substrate. There has been considerable debate as to what drives ZDDP tribofilm formation, why it occurs only on surfaces that experience sliding and whether film formation is controlled primarily by temperature, pressure, triboemission or some other factor. This paper describes a novel approach to the problem by studying the formation of ZDDP films in full film EHD conditions from two lubricants having very different EHD friction properties. This shows that ZDDP film formation does not require solid-solid rubbing contact but is driven simply by applied shear stress, in accord with a stress-promoted thermal activation model. The shear stress present in a high-pressure contact can reduce the thermal activation energy for ZDDP by at least half, greatly increasing the reaction rate. This mechanism explains the origins of many practically important features of ZDDP films; their topography, their thickness and the conditions under which they form. The insights that this study provides should prove valuable both in optimising ZDDP structure and in modelling ZDDP antiwear behaviour. The findings also highlight the importance of mechanochemistry to the behaviour of lubricant additives in general.
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