Tribometer (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tribometer

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ORNL researchers used a tribometer for friction testing to show that carbon nanotubes in the presence of even one drop of oil could sustain superlubricity over 500,000 cycles.

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Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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