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Friction Tracks
H-b6d



An infrared camera shows the temperature rise due to the frictional forces acting on the floor as a foot or block is dragged across the floor.


Fishbane Chapter:   5.2
SJ 3rd Chapter:   5.1
PIRA DCS classification:   4B60.551

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University