Physics GCSE
friction and lubrication
What friction and lubrication means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of friction and lubrication
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Oil the bearings and less work is done against friction, so a greater proportion of energy is transferred usefully.
Topics that use friction and lubrication
- Energy transfers in a system (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- comparing insulators
- conduction
- dissipation
- Efficiency
- Lubrication
- rate of cooling
- Rate of energy transfer
- reducing unwanted transfers
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