Abstract: Functional fluids characterized as effective over a wide range of temperature including very high temperatures can be prepared, comprising:(A) a major amount of at least one synthetic base oil; and minor amount of(B) at least one phenolic compound selected from the group consisting of(B-1) metal-free, hindered phenols substituted with at least one alkyl group containing at lease about 6 carbon atoms, and alkylene coupled derivatives thereof;(B-2) neutral and basic alkaline earth metal salts of hindered phenols which are not alkylene or sulfur-coupled;(B-3) metal-free alkyl phenol sulfides or neutral and basic alkaline earth metal salts of alkyl phenol sulfides; and(B-4) neutral and basic alkaline earth metal salts of alkylene-coupled phenols; and(C) at least one non-phenolic antioxidant.

Abstract: The addition of a polyalkylmethacrylate having a weight average molecular weight of at least 600,000 has been found to be effective in reducing the pour point of a wax isomerate to a level that cannot be obtained with conventional pour point depressants. In a preferred embodiment, the wax isomerate is a slack wax isomerate.

Abstract: N-ethyl hydroxamic acids, preferably containing at least 10 carbon atoms, useful as metal chelants for use in organic solvent extractant solutions such as kerosene to extract metals from aqueous solutions by forming complexes of the extracted metal with the N-ethyl hydroxamic acid. Metals can be stripped from complexes of N-ethyl hydroxamic acids at higher concentrations into lower strength acid stripping agents. The N-ethyl hydroxamic acid-containing organic solvent extraction solutions exhibit rapid phase separation from aqueous solutions and resistance to forming emulsions.