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The paper examines the shear-strength and tribological properties of molecular layers of stearic acid on glass, aluminum and gold surfaces. These properties on the various surfaces are correlated with the chemical reactivity of stearic acid with the solids.
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Timsit, R.S. (1992). Effect of Surface Reactivity on Tribological Properties of a Boundary Lubricant. In: Singer, I.L., Pollock, H.M. (eds) Fundamentals of Friction: Macroscopic and Microscopic Processes. NATO ASI Series, vol 220. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2811-7_15
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