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Grade 12Mechanics

What is the difference between kinetic and static friction?

Profile image of ravi  pratap
17 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of devashish  trivedi
17 Years ago

when a force is applied on a body to move it  kept on a rough surface Friction force begins to act and till the point the body is static. friction  force acting is the static friction.But as the body beguns to move static friction is lost and the kinetic friction comes into existance.the similarity in both the friction s is that both of them oppose the motion. and the difference in them is that kinetic friction has a constant value while the static friction varies from a minimum value to a certain maximunm value.