Question
It is known that polishing a surface beyond a certain limit increases the frictional force rather than decreasing it. Explain.
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Answer
When the surfaces are highly polished the area of contact between them increases. A large number of atoms and molecules lying on both the surfaces start exerting strong attractive forces on each other consequently friction increases.
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