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Coulomb Friction
Date: 2003-03-06


Objective: of the experiment is to verify the Laws of Coulomb friction through practical investigations, to obtain a set of results from different range of materials from which we would be able to understand FRICTION.

Materials: wooden flat runaway, specimen blocks, various masses, hangers and pulley.

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The force that occurs when things slide against each other, that stops movement ---its scientific name is friction.
In 1781, the French scientist Coulomb (1736-1806) announced his friction law clarifying the scientific characteristics of friction.
With regard to the friction that operates between two sliding solids (dry s...