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Summary
THE PURPOSE OF MOST WEAR TESTS IS TO SIMUlate a specific situation, a type of motion, frequency, speed, etc. Of course, some tribosystems involve the use of lubricants. Thus, representative bench tests also use lubrication-a lubricated wear test, which is the primary subject of this chapter. The objective of a lubricated wear test is often to determine the efficacy of a particular material couple when lubricated in a specific way. There are also tests, called lubricant tests, that keep the material couple constant and test the friction or wear reduction characteristics of lubricants, although these tests are not included in the chapter scope. The evaluation of lubricants is such a large subject that it could not be properly addressed in one short chapter.
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