What is frictional sliding?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Frictional sliding is mechanical sliding along a surface where frictional forces must be overcome. Another type of sliding, known as grain boundary sliding, occurs by means of diffusion in the crystal-plastic (nonfrictional) regime.
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