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Published online 15 March 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020311-10
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Spot-welds stick sliding metals
Smooth surfaces are tacky at small scales.
Two smooth, cold, metal surfaces are like pieces of tacky Sellotape. They form tiny spot welds that have to be broken apart before they can slide over each other.
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