Development of an Experimental Methodology to Investigate the Occurrence of the Tribocorrosion Phenomenon in Metallic Materials

Tribocorrosion is a multidisciplinary research field whose importance has been increasing along with technological advances. Basic aspects, concepts, and terminology used in the tribocorrosion research are presented in this work. First, the historical context is explained briefly; followed by the concept of tribocorrosion and synergy. These concepts are then schematically represented. After that the proceedings to calculate the synergy of the process are shown, to continue with an analysis of the content from the main international standards used in tribocor-rosion research along with a description of the most used tribological and electro-chemical techniques. Likewise, a brief introduction of materials of interest used in the study of the tribocorrosion phenomenon is presented. The purpose of this work is to present an overview of some of the most used techniques to understand and analyze tribocorrosion and the problems that generates, as well as its important contributions to mechanical engineering, materials science, and medicine, among others.