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Question: the authors use the term "inhomogeneous" to describe the oil pattern. Is there a difference between heterogeneous and inhomogeneous?
by joncrane 1y ago
Question: the authors use the term "inhomogeneous" to describe the oil pattern. Is there a difference between heterogeneous and inhomogeneous?
- fnord77 1y agosubtle difference: "heterogeneous" generally implies a mixture of distinct, separate elements or components, while "inhomogeneous" can refer to a lack of uniformity in properties within a single substance at least in chem
- TheJoeMan 1y agoHeterogeneous refers to a mix of dissimilar compounds, while inhomogeneous is more about a varying of properties throughout a single compound. So in the abstract, the friction surface is called inhomogeneous because it's referring to the floor as one component with a varying friction coefficient.