Room−temperature ionic liquids (ILs) are salts with a melting point lower than room temperature
and are called green solvents because they have properties such as:
♦ Non−flammability,
♦ Negligible volatility, and
♦ High thermal stability.
The high thermal stability range (from −74 ºC to 370 ºC in our case) of ILs makes them suitable
candidates as high temperature and extreme temperature lubricants. In this work we present the
mechanical and tribological properties of polyamide 6−IL dispersion (PA 6+3wt.% IL) under variable
load and temperature conditions, against AISI 52100 steel or AISI 316L stainless steel.We wish to thank MEC (Spain) and the EU FEDER program (MAT2002−03947 and MAT2005−00067) and the
Fundación Séneca (Región de Murcia, Spain) (PI/00447/FS/04) for financial support. A.E. Jiménez is grateful for a
research grant
