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Tribological testing of materials for automotive industry

26.06.2017 tribonet 1,269 Views

Quality Magazine have published an article about using benchtop mechanical testing to assess materials in the automotive industry, saving time and money. Full scale tests are often used to test the frictional behaviour of materials, […]

Close Examination of Frictional Wear on an Atomic Scale

12.10.2020 1,130 Views

Friction and wear have long been a focus of scientists, researchers, engineers, and industries around the world. The common goal is to maximize profits, however, the environmental impact becomes even more important. Wear and friction [...]
Experimental measurement of adhesion and friction in mesoscopic graphite contacts

07.02.2016 80 Views

Two-dimensional materials, such as graphite, expose an intriguing, but poorly understood low-friction behavior – superlubricity. Various aspects of superlubricity have been addressed by researchers, mostly based on theoretical considerations, however, accurate experimental measurements of adhesion [...]
Renewable Oils Developed by Scientists to Use in Lubricants

20.05.2019 509 Views

Lubricants are used virtually in most machines. The refrigerator compressors, plane thrusters, engine gears, and wind turbines all depend on lubricants to work properly. There is a countless number of crucial agricultural equipment, transportation vessels, [...]
What Makes Even the Sharpest Razors to Become Dull When Shaving

07.12.2020 718 Views

We rely on sharp blades in our daily lives for domestic purposes, medical use, the food and catering sector, agricultural and industrial applications and everything in between. There are no corners of our society that [...]
Superhard carbon forms predicted - harder than diamond

04.11.2019 864 Views

Superhard materials can cut, drill and clean other bodies. Besides, they hold potential for making scratch-safe coatings that could help guard costly equipment from damage. Science is finding a way to the development of new [...]