Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to an automotive or industrial gear oil for automotive or industrial gears, as well as axles and bearings, the automotive or industrial gear oil containing an oil of lubricating viscosity, an optional phosphate and/or thiophosphate compound, a particular sulfurized olefin, and a metal thiophosphate compound, such as zinc dialkyldithiophosphate, as well as a method of improving automotive or industrial gear operating efficiency and temperature by lubricating such automotive or industrial gears with the automotive or industrial gear oil.

Abstract: Provided herein are polymer materials that find use in, for example, delivery of short-chain fatty acids. In particular, polymers are provided that form stable nanoscale structures and release their payload, for example, by cleavage of a covalent bond (e.g., via hydrolysis or enzymatic cleavage). The polymers are useful, for example, for delivery of payloads (e.g., SCFAs) to the intestine for applications in health and treatment of disease, and have broad applicability in diseases linked to changes in the human microbiota including inflammatory, autoimmune, allergic, metabolic, and central nervous system diseases, among others.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition contains a base oil and a rust inhibitor, in which the base oil has a gas chromatogram measured by gas chromatography satisfying the particular condition (?), and the rust inhibitor is at least one selected from a first rust inhibitor, a second rust inhibitor, a third rust inhibitor, and a fourth rust inhibitor, and satisfies the particular condition (?).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pre-hydrotreatment and purification method for waste lubricating oil, the method comprising the following steps: mechanical impurities are removed from waste lubricating oil, and then the oil is subjected to flash distillation to separate free water and a portion of light hydrocarbons; a bottom product of the flash distillation column is mixed with hydrogen and a self-sulfurizing oil-soluble transition metal catalyst, and then enters a slurry bed reactor for pre-hydrotreatment; a gas product obtained by performing separation on a reaction effluent is subjected to adsorption purification and then enters a hydrogen recycle compressor for cyclic use; a liquid product obtained by performing separation on a reaction effluent is subjected to hydrocyclone separation and solvent washing to remove solid residue, and finally a purified lubricating oil component is obtained.

Abstract: Traction fluids comprising Formula I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII or a mixture thereof in combination with a base stock, a viscosity modifier, an anti-foaming agent, and an additive package.

Abstract: The present invention pertains generally toward an easier and more efficient way to burn Palo Santo wood for aromatherapy, and more particularly toward a self-lighting match stick made of Palo Santo wood. In the present invention, the wood of Palo Santo is turned into match stick by covering the small sticks of Palo Santo with paraffin wax and match head solution. The present invention enables easy ignition of the Palo Santo wood by the user for aromatherapy and makes the process hassle free.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous lubricant composition for the lubrication of a stationary or mobile drive system, comprising at least: deionized water; at least one polyalkylene glycol; at least one antifreeze compound chosen from glycols, and at least one phosphorus compound. It also relates to the use of this aqueous lubricant composition for the lubrication and cooling of a stationary or mobile drive system.

Abstract: Novel wax compositions are provided herein comprising at least about 85 wt. % of linear alpha olefins having a carbon number of at least 18, about 8 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of linear alpha olefins having a carbon number of 20, and about 5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of linear alpha olefins having a carbon number of at least 30. The present wax compositions yield smooth, one-pour container candle waxes and provide ideal container candle burn performance demonstrated by low sooting behavior and a balanced wax consumption.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for rapidly preparing biodiesel at low temperatures, belonging to the technical field of chemical energy. The method includes the following steps: adding alkali catalyst, alcohol and organic solvent into grease, and obtaining the biodiesel through transesterification. The transesterification is carried out with the addition of organic solvent, including petroleum ether or n-hexane to improve the compatibility between the two phases of alcohol and grease, increase contact area between the two phases of alcohol and grease, reduce mass transfer resistance between the two phases of alcohol and grease, and promote the grease molecules to enter the methanol solution and dissolving of oil in the grease.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solid addition-type diesel environmental protection anti-smoke additive and a method for preparing the same. The additive includes a solvent, vinyl ferrocene, and vinyl acetate. The method includes the following steps: under the condition that nitrogen is introduced to completely replace air, adding to a high-pressure reactor the solvent, vinyl ferrocene, vinyl acetate, and a free radical initiator; starting stirring to introduce a high-pressure vinyl monomer; polymerizing and synthesizing a free radical into a crude product of a diesel anti-smoke oxidant; under the condition of the constant temperature of a system, completing reaction when a pressure is not changed for 60 min; cooling down a reaction product to a room temperature and releasing the pressure to an atmospheric pressure to obtain the crude product; and performing atmospheric distillation for the crude product to remove a petroleum ether and an unreacted raw material from the crude product.

Abstract: An industrial oil composition contains a mineral or a synthetic oil as a base oil, and a neutral phosphite ester derivative represented by the following formula (B) and a 2,6-di-t-butylphenol derivative represented by the following formula (C) as antioxidants. In the formula (B), Rb21 to Rb24 each independently represent an aliphatic hydrocarbon group of 10 to 16 carbon atoms. In the formula (C), Rc1 represents a straight-chain or a branched alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A compression ignition engine fuel includes 98.0% to 99.9% by weight of methanol and 0.01% to 2.0% by weight of an alkyl nitrate or mixture of alkyl nitrates.

Abstract: Described herein is a simplified process for a pretreatment of metallic substrates for cold forming. Also described herein are a corresponding reactive lubricant, a metallic substrate which has been pretreated by the process, and a method of using the pretreated metallic substrate.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of solid biofuels obtained by steam cracking. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a process for the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass by steam cracking in which the obtained powder is treated in order to separate the particles into two categories according to a threshold value, and each category is treated differently.

Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating oil composition comprising: a base oil; and coated particles made of nanoparticles and phosphonic acid coating at least a portion of the surface of the nanoparticles.

Abstract: Coatings for medical devices having selectable levels of durability and lubricity are disclosed. The coatings include polymeric material components, the characteristics and relative amounts of which can be selected to provide target levels of durability and lubricity. Methods of making the coatings for medical devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: In some variations, the disclosure provides a renewable biocarbon composition comprising from 50 wt % to 99 wt % total carbon, wherein the biocarbon composition is characterized by a base-acid ratio selected from 0.1 to 10, an iron-calcium ratio selected from 0.05 to 5, iron-plus-calcium parameter selected from 5 to 50 wt %, a slagging factor selected from 0.001 to 1, and/or a fouling factor or modified fouling factor selected from 0.1 to 10. Some variations provide a process comprising: providing a biomass feedstock; pyrolyzing the biomass feedstock to generate an intermediate biocarbon stream; washing or treating the intermediate biocarbon stream with an acid, a base, a salt, a metal, H2, H2O, CO, CO2, or a combination thereof, and/or introducing an additive in the process, to adjust a base-acid ratio or other compositional parameter; and recovering a biocarbon composition comprising from 50 wt % to 99 wt % total carbon and optimized for a compositional parameter.

Abstract: Provided is a lubricant composition including a bicyclic liquid crystal of formula (1), tricyclic liquid crystal compounds of formula (2), and formula (3). The composition is suitable for use in a clean environment, under a high vacuum, under high temperature and a bearing. R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other, and each is —OCH2CH2CH(R?)CH2CH2OR. R11 and R21 are the same or different from each other, and each is —OR. R12, R13, R22 and R23 are the same or different from each other, and each is hydrogen or a group —OR. R31 and R41 are the same or different from each other, and each is —OCH2CH2CH(R?)CH2CH2OR. R32, R33, R42, and R43 are the same or different from each other, and each is hydrogen or —OCH2CH2CH(R?)CH2CH2OR. R is a linear or branched CnH2n+1, 1?n?20, and R? is methyl or ethyl.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, the invention is directed to apparatus comprising a liquid-impregnated surface, said surface comprising an impregnating liquid and a matrix of solid features spaced sufficiently close to stably contain the impregnating liquid therebetween or therewithin, and methods thereof. In some embodiments, one or both of the following holds: (i) 0<??0.25, where ? is a representative fraction of the projected surface area of the liquid-impregnated surface corresponding to non-submerged solid at equilibrium; and (ii) Sow(a)<0, where Sow(a) is spreading coefficient, defined as ?wa??wo??oa, where ? is the interfacial tension between the two phases designated by subscripts w, a, and o, where w is water, a is air, and o is the impregnating liquid.

Abstract: A lubricant base oil of the present invention includes an ester compound including: a structural moiety (A) that is derived from an alcohol compound (A); and a structural moiety (B) that is derived from a carboxylic acid, the structural moiety B including: a structural moiety (B1) that is derived from a monocarboxylic acid (B1); and a structural moiety (B2) that is derived from an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid (B2) having 4 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a lubricant base oil having excellent low-temperature stability and high heat resistance while maintaining torque-lowering properties.