Tribology & Lubrication Technology
 March 2010

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FEATURES

BEST PRACTICES

Operator-based lubrication practices
You’ll need well-stated goals, practices, accountability—and a commitment from management to make it work.

COVER STORY 

MWF heat treatment: Options for a critical process
How end-users have a variety of options for annealing and hardening metal alloys.

TECH BEAT I 

Feel of skin cream
Three phases of friction are major factors where the skin cream is applied to the skin.

TECH BEAT II 

Smart metal foam
A new class of materials lighter than conventional metal alloys still retain excellent mechanical properties.

TECH BEAT III 

Facile olefination of aromatic derivatives
An alternative technique can prepare carbon-carbon bonds and synthesize more substituted aromatic molecules.

SOUNDING BOARD 

Advice to Congress
What advice would you offer President Obama and Congress on how to stimulate the manufacturing sector and lubricant sales?

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