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published by the University of New South Wales
written by Joe Wolfe
This web page provides a multimedia introduction to coefficients of friction.  It includes experiments designed to determine the coefficients of static and kinetic friction and the dependence on area of the coefficient of static friction.  Short video clips are integrated with text to promote understanding of important concepts.  

This tutorial is part of the PhysClip collection of web-based resources on introductory mechanics, electricity, and magnetism.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Applications of Newton's Laws
= Friction
- General
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
- Upper Undergraduate
- Collection
- Instructional Material
= Tutorial
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
= Movie/Animation
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- Educators
- General Publics
- application/flash
- image/gif
- text/html
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© 2006 School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia
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Keywords:
contact force, friction, kinetic friction, multimedia, normal force, static friction
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Metadata instance created March 11, 2009 by Alea Smith
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March 16, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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J. Wolfe, (University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2006), WWW Document, (https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/weight_and_friction.htm).
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J. Wolfe, Physclips: Friction, normal forces, contact forces: Simple experiments (University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2006), <https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/weight_and_friction.htm>.
APA Format
Wolfe, J. (2009, March 11). Physclips: Friction, normal forces, contact forces: Simple experiments. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from University of New South Wales: https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/weight_and_friction.htm
Chicago Format
Wolfe, Joe. Physclips: Friction, normal forces, contact forces: Simple experiments. Sydney: University of New South Wales, March 11, 2009. https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/weight_and_friction.htm (accessed 23 April 2024).
MLA Format
Wolfe, Joe. Physclips: Friction, normal forces, contact forces: Simple experiments. Sydney: University of New South Wales, 2006. 11 Mar. 2009. 23 Apr. 2024 <https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/weight_and_friction.htm>.
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@misc{ Author = "Joe Wolfe", Title = {Physclips: Friction, normal forces, contact forces: Simple experiments}, Publisher = {University of New South Wales}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {23 April 2024}, Month = {March 11, 2009}, Year = {2006} }
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