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Frictional Properties of Metallic Films

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A RECENT communication by Schnurmann1 has criticized the interpretation of earlier observations2 on the frictional behaviour of thin films of soft metals on a copper surface made on the Bowden-Leben apparatus.

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HUGHES, T. Frictional Properties of Metallic Films. Nature 151, 533–534 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151533a0

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