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Product Description: Tribology, the study of friction, wear, and lubrication, is currently in a state of flux characterized by numerous challenges and counter-challenges to the facts and theories that have been proposed. With each passing year, however, the subject grows in importance: energy consumption that must be minimized, and the durability of machines extended as far as possible...read more

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