Tribology & Lubrication Technology
 July 2013

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FEATURES

LUBRICATION FUNDAMENTALS

Feeling energetic?
The tribology community will play a huge role in developing sustainable energy sources.

COVER STORY 

Fire-resistant fluids: Will they ever be good enough?
New regulations and increased performance requirements are changing the way researchers develop modern fire-resistant fluids.

TECH BEAT I 

Effect of lubrication forces on fluid collisions
New research determines quantitatively how fluid mixing can lead from noncoalescence to coalescence.

TECH BEAT II 

Recyclable organic solar cells
A process for making green technology even greener uses a renewable source derived from cellulose nanocrystals.

TECH BEAT III 

Concrete prepared from biofuel byproduct
An alternative binder from a sustainable source has been developed to improve the performance of cement.

SOUNDING BOARD 

STLE’s 2013 Annual Meeting
Please describe one valuable idea, technique, strategy, conversation, solution or piece of information you learned at STLE’s 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibition.

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