If you place two highly polished metal surfaces on over the other in a vacuum place (to remove dust particles), then will the friction between them will increase or decrease? (will they easily slide over each other?) WHY?

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The highly polished surface of the metals will observe very less friction due to the increased smoothness of the surfaces, in vaccum or in air, so the two metal surfaces will slide over each other easily.

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