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Values of Cwear for the timbers and lubrication treatments dealt with during the experiements are tabulated below:

Wood Type

Cwear dry

Cwear oil impregnated

Cwear greased

Cwear oil lubricated

African Blackwood

47

n.a.

116

n.a.

Msaraka

44

84

98

113

E.A.Afrormosia

40

n.a.

80

n.a.

African Mahogany

9

n.a.

80

n.a.

Knobthorn

3

n.a.

78

n.a.

Podo

3

n.a.

67

n.a.

Brown Olive

0.6

n.a.

78

n.a.

Table III - Values of wear coefficient (Cwear) for various Tanzanian timbers and lubrication treatments