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Article: Effect of the type of carbon nanotubes on tribological properties of Polyamide 6.(Report)
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- Polymer Engineering and Science
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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INTRODUCTION
Polymer tribology seems to be an underappreciated area; however, Rabinowicz has demonstrated the importance of tribology, including from the point of view of financial welling of the industry (1). Tribology deals with the interaction of surfaces in movement, including wear, friction, adhesion, and lubrication. Wear is the most expensive constituent of tribology (1). Tribology initially developed for metals cannot be simply transferred to polymer-based materials (PBMs) because of a variety of manifestations of viscoelasticity by the latter (2). Approaches in use to improve PBM tribology have been reviewed (3). Primary challenges are the reduction of ...