Abstract: Grease compositions are provided comprising a major proportion of an oil of lubricating viscosity and a thickening amount of a metal salt of a C-alkyl or alkenyl succinic acid, having from about 10 to about 30 carbon atoms in the alkyl or alkenyl group, and a metal salt of a C-alkyl or alkenyl succoinoamidoarylsulfonic acid, having from about 14 to about 30 carbon atoms in the alkyl or alkenyl group.
Abstract: Lubricant compositions are provided comprising a substituted indan having the structure: ##SPC1##In which R is at least one member of the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl, carboxy alkyl, carboxy phenyl, phenoxy and their thiosubstituted derivatives. The method for the preparation of these substituted indans is also provided.