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Rehbinder effect

In physics, the Rehbinder effect is the reduction in the hardness and ductility of a material, particularly metals, by a surfactant film. The effect is named for Soviet scientist Piotr Aleksandrovich Rehbinder, who first described the effect in 1928.

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In physics, the Rehbinder effect is the reduction in the hardness and ductility of a material, particularly metals, by a surfactant film.1 The effect is named for Soviet scientist Piotr Aleksandrovich Rehbinder,23 who first described the effect in 1928.4

A proposed explanation for this effect is the disruption of surface oxide films, and the reduction of surface energy by surfactants.15

The effect is of particular importance in machining, as lubricants reduce cutting forces.56

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  1. Andrade, E. N. D. C.; Randall, R. F. Y.; Makin, M. J. (1950). "The Rehbinder Effect". Proceedings of the Physical Society, Section B. 63 (12): 990. Bibcode:1950PPSB...63..990A. doi:10.1088/0370-1301/63/12/304. S2CID 4078138.
  2. Rehbinder, Piotr; Logghinov, G. (1941). "[Rehbinder and Logghinov]". Proceedings of the USSR Academy of Sciences (in Russian). 30 (491). ISSN 0002-3264.
  3. Shchukin, Eugene D. (April 1999). "Physical–chemical mechanics in the studies of Peter A. Rehbinder and his school". Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 149 (1–3): 529–537. doi:10.1016/S0927-7757(98)00607-4. ISSN 0927-7757.
  4. Traskin, Vladimir Yu. (2009). "Rehbinder Effect in Tectonophysics". Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth. 45 (11): 952–963. Bibcode:2009IzPSE..45..952T. doi:10.1134/S1069351309110032. ISSN 1069-3513.
  5. Chaudhari, Akshay; Soh, Zhi Yuan; Wang, Hao; Kumar, A. Senthil (2018). "Rehbinder effect in ultraprecision machining of ductile materials". International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture. 133: 47-60. doi:10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2018.05.009. S2CID 117157657.
  6. Lee, Yan Jin; Wang, Hao (July 2020). "Current understanding of surface effects in microcutting". Materials & Design. 192 108688. doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108688. S2CID 216307550.
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