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Friction force is the resistance to relative motion between contacting bodies. Friction is the principal cause of energy dissipation and wear at contacting surfaces (Amiri and Khonsari in Entropy 12:1021–1049, 2010). Lubricants are employed to reduce friction and wear at sliding contacting surfaces. Reducing friction not only reduces the amount of mechanical work dissipated as heat (and so the amount of work required to power relative movement), but crucially, it also reduces the wear at contacting surfaces. Tribology is the discipline devoted to the study of friction, wear, and lubricants.
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Smith, D.W., Gardiner, B.S., Zhang, L., Grodzinsky, A.J. (2019). Lubrication, Friction, and Wear in Diarthrodial Joints. In: Articular Cartilage Dynamics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1474-2_4
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