The invention provides a method of forming
nanostructure on the friction surfaces of
metal friction pairs and a special composition thereof. The method is characterized by that: the special composition is added in a
lubricant medium that the
metal friction pairs used with the weight ratio of 0.01-2%, under the working condition of the
metal friction pairs, the special composition particles are brought to the friction surfaces of the metal friction pairs by the
lubricant medium, under the high
contact pressure generated from the friction surfaces of the metal friction pairs and the repeated actions of the composite forces composed of
extrusion and rolling generated by relative motions between the friction surfaces, the open grain structures on the friction surfaces are allowed to generate strong microscopic plastic deformation repeatedly by the special composition particles, the metal friction pairs run for 1-100 cumulative
working hours, so that the nano-structured
crystal layer on the respective friction surface of the metal friction pair is online realized respectively, with the particle size of less than 100 nanometer, and the thickness of the nano-structured
crystal layer of 2-10
micrometer. The invention has the advantages of extremely simple
processing, extremely high production efficiency, low
processing cost, no
processing energy consumption and the like, is very suitable for
large range industrialization and large scale production, having a far-reaching influence on machinery equipment manufacturing industry and mechanical parts processing industry.