Effect of mo content on the microstructure and properties of powder metallurgy iron based friction materials

Abstract This article uses powder pressing and sintering methods to prepare iron-based friction materials. The influence of molybdenum on the microstructure and comprehensive properties of powder metallurgy friction materials was studied from the aspects of density, hardness, and wear resistance. The results show that with the increase of Mo mass fraction, the sintering density of iron-based friction materials gradually increases, and the hardness of sintered materials first shows an increasing trend. As the Mo content increases by more than 12%, the hardness of sintered friction materials decreases. With the addition of Mo, the wear amount of the friction material first decreases and then increases. When the mass fraction of Mo added to the sintered friction material is 12%, the wear rate of the material is lower than that of other samples, and it has good wear resistance. Adding Mo element to iron copper based friction materials improves the wear resistance of sintered friction materials due to the strengthening effect of Mo.