How Can Friction Force Be Measured and Compared Across Different Materials?

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Just a question i was curious about
 
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Thegiver431 said:
Just a question i was curious about
Can you be a bit more specific about the kind of situation you had in mind?
 
billy_joule said:
F = uN
What about if mu is not given?
 

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