Foundation item: Project(2003AA305750) supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China, Project (NCET-04-0386) supported by the New Century Excellent Talents in Uni
MoSi2 was prepared by SHS,pressed at room-temperature and then vacuum sintered at 1 500 ℃ for 1 h. The tribological properties of MoSi2 against Al2O3 were inve