$$$ > $$$ teflon, it's been (being?) used also for blue light emitters in plasma displays.
nice read, btw.

virus link

no

change it to relevant article instead of aggregation site, otherwise will delete :(

Why? All of the articles are relevant, there are no viruses, poster is just trolling, better to just delete their comment imo. Moreover, it's not an aggregation site, but a collection of links manually placed on the publicity page of the materials developer's site.

BAM is much slipperier than Teflon, with a coefficient of friction of .02 compared to .05. Lubricated steel has a friction coefficient of 0.16.

Bullshit, a coefficient of friction of 0.03 is easily achievable in oil lubricated contacts (eg. gears or rolling bearings).

Depends on how you measure it. Are you talking steel on steel? I think they measure universal coefficient values with a certain specification of diamond.

When they talk about lubricated steel on steel I assume that they mean HD or at least mixed lubrication conditions... Even in boundary lubrication 0.16 is way too high... (Good surface finish is assumed)

saliva?

I don't get why some people use vaseline either.

:D

jizz?

That doesn't work as well as a lubricant.

and plus, what would be the point?

round 2

It's much better to start round 2 completely clean again. :)

Or in the process of cleaning.

Indeed. :)

jamerio toejam?

I thought I read somewhere that it only beats teflon when lubricated with a certain lubricant. Could be wrong, not sure.

No, it sort of lubricates itself. More later, in a rush.


Edit:

'Its slipperiness is also not entirely understood. Although Russell says the best theory is that the boron interacts with oxygen to make tiny amounts of boron oxide on its surface. They would attract water molecules from the air, to make a slippery coating.'

I don't get why people in general prefer low friction. Light weight mouse, high friction pad is where it's at.

heavy mouse high friction pad* best control of movements imo, light mouse on high friction makes tracking smoothly difficult imo. But then again, i never understood lightweight mice.

You need a light mouse for low sensitivity. Not necessarily because you otherwise get a tennis arm, but because heavier mice build up momentum when swiped quickly, which is practically impossible to control, at least consistently.

Imagine throwing your arm around and having to stop at one specific point. Now do the same with a stone in your hand.

High friction is necessary to have more control over both precise micro movements and also quickly stopping from a fast swipe.
The trade-off of course being fatigue in long sessions and more resistance to intial movement of the mouse that can, if the friction is too high, cause you to lose control over micro movements (you have to apply considerable force to get your mouse to move - it "jumps" and overshoots). A heavily used QCK with a WMO @ stockfeet is perfect to achieve a delicate balance for me.

Although, according to Logitech's R&D team, textured hard-plastic pads are what optical sensors perform best on.

i get what you mean, never could perform with that ultra low sensitivity, and that's why a have another preference i guess. The jumping you describe is exactly my problem with lightweight mice and high friction.

what really is important is starting friction to be low, but stopping to be high, but that's no possible i guess, and that's why a heavy mouse, for me, helps lower starting friction.

that is the total opposite of what I like, minimum to no friction at all and minimum weight = p0wn for me.
stationary to tiny movements are crap IMO with that setup no offence. OVERSHOOHTS.
then again you might be rapher meaning I'm a scrub ;-)

low friction puts way to much effort in stopping again, hard plastic and glass are a no go for me :)

More important than low friction is that the static and kinetic friction coefficients are nearly the same to avoid the stick-slip phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stick-slip_phenomenon

I have been playing around with surfaces and mouse feet combinations.
the best setup I found for minimum friction static and kinetic was very fine weave polyester mouse feet and polished glass or better, smooth polypropylene.
I found that any hand grease that got onto the surfaces increased the stick slip phenomenon you mentioned, making it too high maintenance for everyday use.

I didn't want to add weights but from reading the article it seems that weights would help the momentum and inertia.

I've been searching for ideas like opposite polarity magnets, air cushions, ball bearings any thing that couldn't alleviate or minimise all forms of friction.
any ideas anyone?

what are the best combinations of feet and hardpads for sale, with the least friction static and kinetic.

it took a while to get used to fast surfaces but now I cannot go back.( Im happy with my LG aim finally and 10 years too late)
maybe I should continue to wear a glove and KY lube, silicon spray or wax my mouse and pad ;-)