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You can't use a Carnot engine to power your car--it's an ideal one that loses no heat via this resisting force friction $1,200 DJ SCIENCE 2019-05-23 #7999
It's the resistance that opposes the motion of one surface across another friction $200 J SCIENCE VOCABULARY 2018-01-18 #7679
There are static & kinetic types of this force on objects that are in contact with each other friction $400 J AN "F" IN SCIENCE 2016-10-17 #7381
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the NASA Glenn Research Ctr in Cleveland, OH.) I'm at the Simulated Lunar Operations Facility; NASA re-invented the wheel: a wire wheel with springs molds around rocks & creates better traction with more of this, surface resistance to relative motion friction $400 J GENERAL SCIENCE 2015-02-11 #7003
Hockey pucks are frozen before a game to reduce this motion-resisting force friction $800 DJ SCIENCE IN SPORTS 2013-06-06 #6624
(Sarah of the Clue Crew pulls a tablecloth out from under a plate.) The silkiness of the tablecloth & the smoothness of the table & plate combine to reduce this force to a minimum--don't try this at home friction $400 DJ POPULAR SCIENCE 2010-04-30 #5910
Blisters can be caused by this resistance to motion between surfaces, from the Latin for "to rub" friction $1,600 DJ EVERYDAY SCIENCE 2008-03-21 #5425
Property acting to slow objects in motion, it can also cause sparks to fly between 2 lovers friction $800 DJ PHYSICAL SCIENCE 1985-10-16 #288
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