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A short review of a fundamental basis for interpreting the friction of organic polymers is described. The approach offered is based upon a two-term non-interacting model with adhesion and ploughing components. The somewhat anomalous position of Coulombic and Schallamach friction processes is considered.
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1. General References
“Recent Advances in Polymer Friction and Wear”, ed. L.H. Lee, Gordon & Breach 1973; almost twenty years old but still contains definitive work.
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For example the early Cambridge work described in reference 2.
Described in some detail in various references under 1 - various authors in 1(a) are good examples.
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Taken from B.J. Briscoe, B. Scruton and E.R. Willis, Proc. Roy. Soc, A333, 1973, 99.
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Briscoe, B.J. (1992). Friction of Organic Polymers. 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_9
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