Coefficient for Static Friction of Steel Chart

Coefficient for Static Friction of Steel

Materials and Material Combinations Steel Copper-lead alloy Phosphor-bronze Aluminum-bronze Brass Cast iron Bronze Sintered bronze Hard carbon Graphite Tungsten carbide Plexiglas Polystyrene Polythene Teflon Aluminum-aluminum Cadmium-cadmium Chromium-chromium Copper-copper Iron-iron Magnesium-magnesium Nickel-nickel Platinum-platinum Silver-silver Zinc-zinc Glass-glass Glass-metal Diamond-diamond Diamond-metal Sapphire-sapphire Hard carbon on carbon Graphite-graphite (in vacuum) Graphite-graphite Coefficient of Friction Clean 0.8 0.22 0.35 0.45 0.35 0.4 0.14 0.1 0.4-0.6 0.4-0.5 0.3-0.35 0.2 0.04 1.35 0.5 0.41 1 1 0.6 0.7 1.2 1.4 0.6 0.9-1.0 0.5-0.7 0.1 0.1-0.15 0.2 0.16 0.5-0.8 0.1 Lubricated 0.16 0.19 0.21 0.16 0.13 0.11-0.14 0.1 0.1-0.2 0.4-0.5 0.3-0.35 0.2 0.04 0.3 0.05 0.34 0.08 0.15-0.20 0.08 0.28 0.25 0.55 0.04 0.1-0.6 0.2-0.3 0.05-0.1 0.1 0.2 0.12-0.14 0.1

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Coefficient for Static Friction of Steel Chart

Tungsten carbide-tungsten carbide Plexiglas-plexiglas Polystyrene-polystyrene Teflon-Teflon Nylon-nylon Solids on rubber Wood on wood (clean) Wood on wood (wet) Wood on metals (clean) Wood on metals (wet) Brick on wood Leather on wood Leather on metal (clean) Leather on metal (wet) Leather on metal (greasy) Brake material on cast iron Brake material on cast iron (wet)

0.2-0.25 0.8 0.5 0.04 0.15-0.25 1-4 0.25-0.5 0.2 0.2-0.6 0.2 0.6 0.3-0.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2

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