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What are lubricants?

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Something that reduces friction. Examples of lubricants are oil, soap, wax, water etc.

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What is lubricants?
A lubricant is a substance used for decreasing friction between two rough surfaces. It is mostly in a jely-like form. E.g. lubricating oil for machines.
What do lubricants do?
a simple ans is that lubrucants reduces friction
What is a lubricant?
Lubricant is basically an oil. There are bearings in a car or even a skateboard which requires lubircant so the metal will be able to control its temperature and avoid damage from friction and dirt.
What is in lubricant?
If you are talking about Lubricating Oil. The majority of it will be will be a base oil which will be either a mineral or synthetic. There will then be additives which are chemicals which improve the...