Abstract: There is disclosed lubricant additives that comprise combination of vegetable oil as a triglyceride or a wax ester, sulfurized triglyceride vegetable oil or sulfurized wax ester of vegetable oil, and phosphite adducts of triglyceride vegetable oil, wax ester of vegetable oil or jojoba oil. There is also disclosed a process for sulfurizing triglyceride vegetable oil that is soluble in a lubricant base, such as mineral oil.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 9, 1988
Date of Patent:
November 13, 1990
Assignee:
International Lubricants, Inc.
Inventors:
Frank L. Erickson, Robert E. Anderson, Phillip S. Landis