Rapeseed oil additivated with hexagonal boron nitride

Abstract

This paper presents the influence of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) as additive in refined rapeseed oil in different mass concentration of 0.25%wt, 0.5%wt and 1%wt on the tribological parameters, obtained on a four-ball machine. The test parameters were load: 100 N, 200 N and 300 N and the rotational speed 1000 rpm, 1400 rpm and 1800 rpm, corresponding to the following sliding speed, 0.38 m/s, 0.53 m/s and 0.69 m/s, respectively. The average particle size of hBN is 14 nm. For the tested ranges of the parameters, the additivation of rapeseed oil with hBN does not improve the friction coefficient, but the wear rate of WSD seems to be less sensitive for the more severe regimes when the vegetal oil is additivated.