Micro-bubble phenomenon in nanoscale water-based lubricating film induced by external electric field

Tribology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-176

  Xie, Guoxin ^a   Luo, Jianbin ^a   Liu, Shuhai ^a   Zhang, Chenhui ^a   Lu, Xinchun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cavitation; External electric field; Gas micro bubble; Water based lubrication

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; GAS MICRO-BUBBLE; WATER-BASED LUBRICATION;

CAVITATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LUBRICATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAVITATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LUBRICATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 43249131451     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-007-9288-8     Document Type: Article

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