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Published:
March 20, 2013
Editor(s):
Girma Biresaw; Kash Mittal
The manufacture and use of almost every consumer and industrial product rely on application of advanced knowledge in surface science and tribology. These two disciplines are of critical importance in major economic sectors, such as mining, agriculture, manufacturing (including metals, plastics, 
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February 04, 2013
Editor(s):
Leslie R. Rudnick
Highlighting the major economic and industrial changes in the lubrication industry since the first edition, Synthetic Lubricants and High-Performance Functional Fluids, Second Edition outlines the state of the art in each major lubricant application area. Chapters cover trends in the major 
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July 06, 2012
Editor(s):
Robert W. Bruce
Since the publication of the best-selling first edition, the growing price and environmental cost of energy have increased the significance of tribology. Handbook of Lubrication and Tribology, Volume II: Theory and Design, Second Edition demonstrates how the principles of tribology can address cost 
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October 19, 2011
Editor(s):
Yip-Wah Chung
Drawn from presentations at a recent National Science Foundation Summer Institute on Nanomechanics, Nanomaterials, and Micro/Nanomanufacturing, Micro- and Nanoscale Phenomena in Tribology explores the convergence of the multiple science and engineering disciplines involved in tribology and the 
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Published:
October 05, 2011
Editor(s):
George E. Totten; Victor J. De Negri
Detailing the major developments of the last decade, the Handbook of Hydraulic Fluid Technology, Second Edition updates the original and remains the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the subject. With all chapters either revised (in some cases, completely) or expanded to account for new 
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June 17, 2011
Editor(s):
Girma Biresaw; K.L. Mittal
Surfactants play a critical role in tribology as they control friction, wear, and lubricant properties such as emulsification, demulsification, bioresistance, oxidation resistance, rust prevention, and corrosion resistance. The use of surfactants in tribology is a critical topic for scientists and 
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Published:
April 04, 2011
Editor(s):
Girma Biresaw; K.L. Mittal
The premier symposium on Surfactants in Tribology, held in Seoul in 2006, was an enormously successful event that generated a high level of interest in the topic, leading to the publication of the first volume in this series in 2008. The tremendous response was echoed at the follow-up symposium in 
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Published:
October 06, 2010
Author(s):
Lilianna Z. Pillon
Hundreds of lubricant additives are available industry-wide to improve base stock properties and protect metal surfaces; however, the wrong combination of these commodities can result in substandard performance. Surface Activity of Petroleum Derived Lubricants explains how surface activity is 
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July 20, 2010
Author(s):
Ilya I. Kudish; Michael Judah Covitch
Improving our understanding of friction, lubrication, and fatigue, Modeling and Analytical Methods in Tribology presents a fresh approach to tribology that links advances in applied mathematics with fundamental problems in tribology related to contact elasticity, fracture mechanics, and fluid film 
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Published:
May 25, 2010
Author(s):
Hooshang Heshmat
To this point, the field of lubrication has been conceptualized using several noncontiguous modes of operation — boundary, fluid-film, and dry and solid lubrication. Engineers and analysts have long had to deal with old evidence that many tribological devices, such as flat surface and centrally 
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