Table 6 Statistical processing of wear particles with regard to the wear character and the material of the investigated particles.
From: Experimental testing of irradiated engine oil using an e-beam
Wear character/particles | Number of particles (ml−1) | Diameter (μm) | Standard deviation (μm) | The largest dimension (μm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abrasive | 20.5 | 40.4 | 21.5 | 85.6 |
Abrasive e-beam | 41.6 | 42.8 | 24.0 | 131.0 |
Wear | 38.7 | 32.7 | 13.3 | 91.6 |
Wear e-beam | 85.8 | 34.6 | 15.2 | 111.4 |
Fatigue | 32.3 | 28.4 | 10.2 | 79.4 |
Fatigue e-beam | 159.2 | 35.6 | 18.0 | 122.5 |
Non-metallic | 85.0 | 36.4 | 20.5 | 133.8 |
Non-metallic e-beam | 124.4 | 38.1 | 17.1 | 93.7 |
Unclassified | 15.3 | 39.5 | 20.9 | 87.7 |
Unclassified e-beam | 37.6 | 53.4 | 32.5 | 185.1 |
Fibres | 16.0 | – | – | – |
Fibres e-beam | 7.0 | – | – | – |
