Fig. 3: Scanning Electron Microscopy images of wear tracks and counter bodies taken after microtribometer experiments at different pressure and humidity values. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Scanning Electron Microscopy images of wear tracks and counter bodies taken after microtribometer experiments at different pressure and humidity values.

From: Humidity-dependent lubrication of highly loaded contacts by graphite and a structural transition to turbostratic carbon

Fig. 3

a ≤5% RH (dry pressurized air) at 50 MPa, b ≤5% RH (dry pressurized air) at 1 GPa, c 24% RH at 1 GPa, and d 45% RH at 1 GPa. The white ovals in a, b, c represent regions of interest for a preparation of lamellae that are analyzed in consecutive TEM characterization.

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