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Lubricants

Lubricants: Definition, Mechanisms and Essential Properties (2025)

21.10.2023 TriboNet
Definition of Lubricants Lubricant is a substance which is used to control (more often to reduce) friction and wear of the surfaces in a contact of the bodies in relative motion [1]. Depending on its nature, lubricants are also used...
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Lubrication and fuel efficiency

15.10.2021 TriboNet
Lubrication and fuel efficiency describes lubrication fuel efficiency as a practical tribology topic: how surfaces interact, how friction, wear, lubrication, material response, and operating environment influence performance, and what engineers should check when applying the concept in real machines or...