Wiki Tag: Environmentally acceptable lubricants

Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants

22.04.2020 rezabayat

Since the early 1970s, the usage of Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs) in the industry started to grow and different sectors started investing in the development of EALs, e.g. development of EAL hydraulic ﬂuids for forestry […]

Phase-Switching Liquids Frost 300 Times Longer Compared to Known Anti-Icing Coatings

08.04.2019

Ice and frost formation on surfaces afflicts various energy and transportation industries worldwide, causing economic losses in billions of dollars annually. Most techniques to prevent frost and ice formation on surfaces rely heavily on heating [...]
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Friction in Only One Direction

07.07.2019

Nature has amazed us since the beginning of time. It provides the foundation for all of our best ideas. The animal world provides the inspiration behind one of the new inventions in the world of [...]
Superlubricity state through atom-by-atom surface tuning

18.01.2016

Friction is everywhere around us, working against motion of cars, airplanes, their engines, wind mills and other devices causing wear and decreasing their energy and overall performance efficiency. However, there exists a certain state, called [...]
Triboelectricity - a big renewable energy source

12.12.2016

Tribo-electric effect is an effect of electricity generation, when two dissimilar materials come into contact and electrons migrate from one to another. Most of us have observed the tribo-electric effect in their life when rubbed [...]
Analyzing the evolution of adhesive wear

06.05.2019

Adhesive Wear Analyzed The effects of surface wear reaches across many industries including production, manufacturing, engineering, transportation, roads, and machinery, to name only a few. Given its wide reaching tentacles, it can be surprising to [...]