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Early observations on the high friction in clean metallic contacts in vacuum, and the influence of admitted gases

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The investigations to be described in this chapter give extended information on the behavior of perfectly clean metallic contacts in vacuum, and on the influence of admitted gases, but they are too specialized for the general survey of paragraph 37 to which, however, they constitute a historical background.

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Holm, R. (1958). Early observations on the high friction in clean metallic contacts in vacuum, and the influence of admitted gases. In: Elektrische Kontakte / Electric Contacts Handbook. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25893-4_38

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