Cold welding in space is prevented by surface treatments and oxide layers on metals.

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Surface treatments, coatings, and passivating layers serve as critical mechanisms to prevent cold welding between contacting metal surfaces in the vacuum of space.

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The claim specifies that cold welding in space is prevented by surface treatments and oxide/passivating layers. Papers 3 and 7 directly support this by demonstrating how passivating transfer films and non-metallic coatings prevent vacuum or ultrahigh vacuum cold welding. None of the retrieved papers refute the premise. Therefore, the verdict is SUPPORTED.

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Superlubricity of Silicon-Based Ceramics Sliding against Hydrogenated Amorphous Carbon in Ultrahigh Vacuum: Mechanisms of Transfer Film Formation

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Takuya Kuwahara, Yun Long, Aslihan Sayilan, T. Reichenbach, Jean Michel Martin, M. de Barros Bouchet, M. Moseler, G. Moras. Superlubricity of Silicon-Based Ceramics Sliding against Hydrogenated Amorphous Carbon in Ultrahigh Vacuum: Mechanisms of Transfer Film Formation. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c16286

Paper 3 demonstrates that transfer films (such as passivating carbon nanofilms) prevent cold welding and achieve superlubricity by separating sliding surfaces in ultrahigh vacuum conditions.

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Systematic investigation of wear-induced cold welding in ultrahigh vacuum piezoelectric motors with non-metallic coatings.

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T. Ahn, Sun-Dal Song, U. Ham, Tae-Hwan Kim. Systematic investigation of wear-induced cold welding in ultrahigh vacuum piezoelectric motors with non-metallic coatings.. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0147344

Paper 7 discusses how non-metallic coatings and surface treatments effectively prevent wear-induced cold welding in ultrahigh vacuum environments.

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judged → SUPPORTED · 8401 Aug 2026

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