Tribology & Lubrication Technology
August 2025

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FEATURES

20 MINUTES (STLE MEMBER BONUS CONTENT)
20 Minutes With Nick Garabedian
This startup founder discusses data management and artificial intelligence in tribology.

20 MINUTES
20 Minutes With Rocio Rupay
This head of industry support for Isopetrol Lubricants Del Peru discusses lubricating oils.

LUBRICATION FUNDAMENTALS
Friction: static and dynamic
Does antimatter cause friction?

WEBINAR

A review of foam and defoamer theory for aqueous industrial fluids
The specifics of foam formation and its problems are different for every industry.

FEATURE

Transitioning to proactive maintenance
There are challenges and strategies involved in making the shift from reactive maintenance.

TECH BEAT I 

Lithium-ion batteries: Better understanding of lithium plating enables fast charging
A new model takes into account lithium-ion diffusion and electromigration.

TECH BEAT II 

New approach to reduce flaring emissions in production wells
A study has been published to assess the ability of different flare designs to effectively combust methane.

TECH BEAT III 

Upcycling of nitric oxide to nitric acid
A zero-gap electrolyzer that allows for the starting materials to be fed into a membrane electrode assembly was used to produce nitric acid.

SOUNDING BOARD 

Metal cleaning
Readers share their insights on metal cleaning.

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