Influences of trace water derived from an atmospheric environment on the sliding of solid materials

• Main Author: Fukuda, Kanao
• Format: Article
• Published: Japanese Society of Tribologists 2020
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/97073/; https://www.tribology.jp/journal_e/journal65E.html

Two topics on the tribology issues of solid materials concerning trace water are introduced and discussed in this article. Firstly, the influences of the trace water, which adsorbs on solid surfaces due to humidity in atmospheric gas, on the tribological phenomena are reviewed. The adsorbed water is...