Journal Pre-proof Copper-free brake-pads: A break-through by selection of the right kind of stainless steel particles Navnath Kalel, Bhaskar Bhatt, Ashish Darpe, Jayashree Bijwe PII: S0043-1648(20)30996-0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2020.203537 Reference: WEA 203537 To appear in: Wear Received Date: 16 July 2020 Revised Date: 4 October 2020 Accepted Date: 4 November 2020 Please cite this article as: N. Kalel, B. Bhatt, A. Darpe, J. Bijwe, Copper-free brake-pads: A break-through by selection of the right kind of stainless steel particles, Wear (2020), doi: https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2020.203537. This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V.