Heat resistant and truly frictionless substance

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The discussion centers on the potential applications of a tough, heat-resistant, and truly frictionless substance. Participants highlight various uses, including bearings, non-stick frying pans, graffiti-resistant paneling, and innovative amusement park attractions. Additionally, the substance could revolutionize industries such as transportation, medicine, and manufacturing by significantly reducing friction in mechanical systems. The concept also raises intriguing questions about physics, particularly regarding movement in a frictionless environment.

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  • Understanding of material science principles
  • Familiarity with friction and its effects on mechanical systems
  • Knowledge of applications in engineering and manufacturing
  • Basic physics concepts related to motion and forces
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QUESTION If it were possible to make a tough, heat resistant and truly frictionless substance, what applications would it have? [?]
 
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Bearings among other things - pretty much anything that requires low friction between surfaces.
 
No stick frying pans.
Grafiti resistant panelling.
Pit of frictionless fun at amusement parks (I'd certainly pay to slide around on it).
 
Originally posted by wasteofo2
Pit of frictionless fun at amusement parks (I'd certainly pay to slide around on it).
Sounds like it'd be a one-way ticket!

- Warren
 
Motors, generators, transporation, farming and food prodution, computers, manufacturing, many applications in medicine, sports, weapons... Painting your sidewalk with frictionless paint might mistake, but frictionless siding on a house would keep it clean.
 
Originally posted by chroot
Sounds like it'd be a one-way ticket!

- Warren
Bowl shaped - with a rope to help you out.
 
If you had a hockey rink type structure, and the bottom surface was frictionless, and the walls were frictionless, and you tried to push against the walls to propel yourself, would your hands just slide off of them in one direction?
 

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