This paper presents a summary of the author's personal view of the development of wear-
mechanism maps, culminating in the presentation of some recently proposed maps. These …

Recent research has led to a deeper understanding of the nature and consequences of
interactions of materials on an atomic scale. The results have resonated throughout the field …

The overall objective of this study is to introduce a wear map of ceramics which shows the
regions of dominant wear modes observed in a wide range of materials and operating …

New results on wear maps of borided AISI 316L steel, obtained by powder-pack boriding
process, are presented to provide a general visualization of its wear performance under …

Glossary of Terms Page 1 Glossary of Terms A A. The symbol for a repeating unit in a polymer
chain. ABA copolymers. Block copolymers with three sequences, but only two domains. Abbe …

The occurrence of a wear transition in alumina during sliding has been investigated
experimentally. The results show that a transition from initially mild wear to severe wear …

The wear characteristics of an yttria‐stabilized zirconia (Y‐TZP) are represented by a set of
three‐dimensional wear maps under dry and lubricated conditions. Water, paraffin oil, and a …

The tribological characteristics of a high‐purity α‐alumina sliding on a similar material under
unlubricated conditions are divided into four distinct regimes. At low temperatures, T< 200° …

Commercial silicon nitride powder with A12O3 and Y2O3 additives was hot‐pressed to
complete density. The resulting microstructure contained elongated grains with no trace of …

Titanium carbide based cermets are promising wear resistant coating materials used at
elevated temperatures in hostile environment owing to their excellent mechanical, physical …