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What if friction didn't exist? Microscopic & atomic scales | What the Physics

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Channel: Martin Archer · 2017 · Science & Technology

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The question of what it would be like or what would happen if friction was not present at all is a popular one. But has everyone been tackling the problem in the wrong way by only thinking about friction on large scales?

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Attempts to answer what if friction didn't exist
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-problems-that-would-arise-if-friction-didnt-exist
https://www.quora.com/If-friction-on-earth-did-not-exist-for-a-millisecond-what-would-happen
https://www.quora.com/What-would-happen-if-we-lived-in-a-world-with-almost-no-friction
http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54082/would-the-world-end-if-friction-disappeared
https://www.reference.com/science/would-happen-friction-44e3a0a02c8eb5a7
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2z3471/what_would_the_world_be_like_if_friction_didnt/

Types of Friction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction

Exclusion Principle and why atoms don't pass through each other
http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/126512/why-doesnt-matter-pass-through-other-matter-if-atoms-are-99-999-empty-space

Van der Waals Force
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/bonding/vdw.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_der_Waals_force


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