TY  - EJOU
AU  - Wang, Xin 
AU  - Yan, Ying 
AU  - Ji, Hongmei 
AU  - Li, Xiaowu 

TI  - Microstructural Dependence of Friction and Wear Behavior in Biological Shells
T2  - Journal of Renewable Materials

PY  - 2023
VL  - 11
IS  - 8
SN  - 2164-6341

AB  - As an essential renewable mineral resource, mollusk shells can be used as handicrafts, building materials, adsorbents, etc. However, there are few reports on the wear resistance of their structures. The Vicker’s hardness and friction, and wear resistance of different microstructures in mollusk shells were comparatively studied in the present work. The hardness of prismatic structures is lower than that of cross-lamellar and nacreous structures. However, the experimental results of sliding tests indicate that the prismatic structure exhibits the best anti-wear ability compared with foliated, crossed-lamellar, and nacreous structures. The anti-wear and hardness do not present a positive correlation, as the wear resistance properties of different microstructures in mollusk shells are governed jointly by organic matrix, structural arrangement, and basic building block actions. The present research findings are expected to provide fundamental insight into the design of renewable bionic materials with high wear resistance.
KW  - Mollusk shells; microstructure; hardness; friction; wear

DO  - 10.32604/jrm.2023.027066