Heat generation by friction during machine operation causes thermo-oxidative degradation and evaporation of lubricants which in turn generates volatiles. Therefore, having an excellent thermo-oxidative stability is one of the desired prerequisites for the applicability of lubricants in tribological systems. This study reports new insights regarding the thermo-oxidative stability of halogen-free room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) as well as fundamental changes in the tribofilm's composition that have a positive impact on their tribological performance at elevated temperatures. In this context, the formation of binary iron phosphates/phosphides based tribofilms from a phosphonium phosphate-based RTIL has been reported for the first time. This RTIL significantly enhances both thermo-oxidative stability and tribological performance of alkylborane-imidazole complexes. A beneficial effect between this RTIL and a conventional friction modifier led to enhanced anti-wear properties supported by the presence of iron phosphide/phosphate tribofilms on the disc surfaces, as detected by XPS.
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Totolin, V., Pisarova, L., Dörr, N., & Minami, I. (2017). Tribochemistry and thermo-oxidative stability of halogen-free ionic liquids. RSC Advances, 7(77), 48766–48776. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ra09163j
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