Buckyball additives improve lubrication
Journal Article
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· Science News
OSTI ID:458856
When researchers discovered the buckminsterfullerene molecule in 1985, it was considered the ideal candidate for reducing friction between tiny moving components. However, subsequently buckyballs were discovered not to be particularly good lubricators. Now, a team of chemical engineers and chemists has discovered that C60 molecules dissolved in the organic solvent toluene greatly reduce the friction between the liquid and the surface across which it flows.
- OSTI ID:
- 458856
- Journal Information:
- Science News, Vol. 150, Issue 9; Other Information: PBD: 31 Aug 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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