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Need some coefficients of friction

I am working with some magnesium castings that slide against each other. I need some information regarding coefficients of friction for mag on mag, dry and lubed, static and dynamic. I also need coefficients of friction for aluminum on mag, dry and lubed, static and dynamic.

Thanks for your assistance in advance..Bill :)

Bill Cymbal
Auto engineering - Saginaw, Michigan, USA
2004

2004

Machinery's Handbook lists magnesium to magnesium friction coefficient as dry 0.6, lubed 0.08. The attribute the info to "The Friction and Lubrication of Solids, Vol. I" by Bowden and Tabor, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1950.

Tom Gallant
- Long Beach, California, USA

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