4. Conclusion

This article has enabled us to defined tribocorrosion and to sketch out the different scientific fields to which it applies. First of all, the synergistic effects were described with the various approaches suggested. The mechanisms, such as corrosion, are well known, but the local measurement of current, during friction, remains difficult to put into practice. The local mechanisms that cause damage to materials in contact, at the nanometric scale, are still difficult to grasp in detail. The synergistic approach is proving to be advantageous in getting an indication of the mechanics or the corrosion, the phenomenon that takes it away or triggers the other. Based on metallurgical knowledge, post mortem analyses of samples which have been stressed by friction in a corrosive environment provide some very valuable information about changes to the microstructure, such as work hardening of the...