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Hydrostatic pressure–dependent wear behavior of thermoplastic polymers in deep sea
Author(s) -
Liu Hao,
Wang Jianzhang,
Jiang Pengfei,
Yan Fengyuan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
polymers for advanced technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1099-1581
pISSN - 1042-7147
DOI - 10.1002/pat.4333
Subject(s) - hydrostatic pressure , materials science , thermoplastic polymer , thermoplastic , polymer , composite material , hydrostatic equilibrium , seawater , thermodynamics , geology , physics , quantum mechanics , oceanography
It is generally acknowledged that wear behavior of approved water‐lubricated thermoplastic polymers are not susceptible to hydrostatic pressure in seawater environment. However, in our recent study reported in this letter, it has been shown that the wear behavior of thermoplastic polymers sliding in seawater is strongly dependent on the hydrostatic pressure. The correlation between hydrostatic pressure and wear rates of thermoplastic polymers can be expressed in an identical form of exponential function, which has been found to be susceptible to some factors, such as polymer property, seawater absorption, filler type, sliding condition, and counterpart material. Moreover, in this letter, a primary model has been proposed to illuminate the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the wear behavior of thermoplastic polymers sliding in deep sea.