Abstract
Up to now, liquid crystals have not been used extensively as lubricants in tribology. When the frictional behaviour of two liquid crystals was determined in a twin disk machine, they showed significantly lower coefficients of friction than a mineral oil and an ester oil over a wide range of operating conditions. Especially for conditions of low load and low sliding ratio, one of the test fluids showed a very low friction coefficient of μ<0.001.
| Translated title of the contribution | Frictional behaviour of two liquid crystals |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 116-120 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Tribologie & Schmierungstechnik |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1997 |