Boron nitride as a lubricant additive
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Yoshitsugu Kimura; Toshiaki Wakabayashi; Kazumi Okada; Tetsuya Wada; Hiroshi Nis
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Hexagonal boron nitride BN has a graphite-like lamellar structure, but has been considered less effective than other solid lubricants except for high-temperature applications. The present paper describes a series of sliding experiments which show somewhat curious behavior of BN when added to lubrica