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**4. Conclusions** 

materials.

**Author details** 

E.E. Vera-Cárdenas

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Juan R. Laguna-Camacho\*

*Poza Rica de Hidalgo, Veracruz, México* 

M. Vite-Torres and E.A. Gallardo-Hernández

*Universidad Politécnica de Pachuca, Pachuca, México* 

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in this particular study.

and 316 had higher erosion damage at 60°.

 Aluminium 6061 was the material that exhibited the higher erosion resistance whereas stainless steels 304 and 316 showed the poorer performance against this wear process. It was assumed that the room temperature could have affected the behavior of these

 Most the tested materials exhibited a ductile type behavior due to their maximum erosion rate was reached at lower impact angles (30° and 45°). The erosion rate was considerably decreased at higher incidence angles (60°, 75° and 90°). Stainless steels 304

 Typical wear mechanisms such as ploughing and pitting action, irregular indentations, scratches, craters, embedded abrasive fragments, smeared wear debris on the surfaces and brittle fracture characterized by cracks located at random positions were observed

 The wear scars were characterized by an elliptical shape at 30° and 45°, which is a characteristic feature when the specimens are impacted at low-impact angles (α ≤ 45°),

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[4] Hutchings I. M., Tribology: Friction and Wear of Engineering Materials, London,

[2] Ambrosini L. & Bahadur S., Erosion of AISI 4140 Steel, Wear 1987; 117, 37-48.

whereas a nearly circular shape was observed at 60° and 90°.

*Universidad Veracruzana, Faculty of Electric and Mechanical Engineering,* 

*2SEPI, ESIME, IPN, Unidad Profesional "Adolfo López Mateos" Tribology Group, Mechanical Engineering Department, México, D.F.* 


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**Section 2** 

**Lubrication** 


**Section 2** 
