Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition that includes a major amount of a lubricant base oil and a minor amount of a viscosity index improver comprising a syndiotactic propylene-based ethylene-propylene copolymer comprising: a) 2 to 20% by weight of ethylene, b) 80 to 98% by weight of propylene; c) 50 to 99% of rr triads; and d) Mw (LS) of 10 to 250 kg/mol.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to passenger car motor oil lubricating oil compositions having select dispersant and detergent systems to improve at least one of deposits, sludge, oxidization, and wear when using a blend of API Group II base oils with one or more API Group III and/or API Group IV base oils. The dispersant systems herein includes select amounts of boron, nitrogen, and total base number contributions that surprisingly achieve performance even when including higher amounts of the API Group II base oils in the lubricants.

Abstract: A material comprising: a support 10; and a brush layer 20 containing a brush-like polymer chain assemblage 21 formed of a plurality of polymer chains and a swelling liquid 22, in which a brush layer 20 is swollen with the swelling liquid 22, the brush layer 20 retaining on the surface a lubricating liquid 30, and the swelling liquid 22 contained in the brush layer 20 and the lubricating liquid 30 being phase-separated to form a liquid-liquid phase separation interface 40 in between and a sliding system using the material.

Abstract: Lubricant composition, in particular a cooling lubricant solution, based on ionic and/or organoelemental compounds.

Abstract: High temperature lubricants for magnetic media are provided. One such lubricant includes fluoroalkyl, fluoroalkenyl, perfluoroalkyl, or perfluoroalkyl ether segments, anchoring functional groups engageable with a protective overcoat of a magnetic recording media, and cyclic functional groups. The lubricants can be used in conjunction with a magnetic recording medium and/or a magnetic data storage system.

Abstract: In various aspects, the present disclosure pertains to thermoformed webs that comprise polymer films having one or more thermoformed cavities contained therein, the polymer films comprising a polymer blend of amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (APET) and a copolyester that comprises (a) dicarboxylic acid residues (e.g., dicarboxylic acid residues that comprise terephthalic acid residues and, optionally, one or more additional dicarboxylic acid residues) and (b) diol residues (e.g., diol residues comprising ethylene glycol residues and, optionally, one or more additional diol monomer residues). Other aspects of the disclosure pertain to methods of forming such thermoformed webs, packaged products comprising such thermoformed webs, and methods of recycling such thermoformed webs.

Abstract: An oil-soluble ashless antiwear additive and a lubricating composition including the ashless antiwear additive having improved copper corrosion performance obtained by reacting an organic hydroxy compound with phosphorus pentasulfide to form a reaction product, distilling the reaction product and recovering a condensate, and reacting the condensate with an unsaturated carboxylic acid to form an oil-soluble phosphorus antiwear additive.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides fuel additives including quaternary ammonium salt additive(s) and Mannich detergent additive(s) effective to improve engine performance in both port fuel injected and gasoline direct injection engines.

Abstract: An organometallic phosphorus-providing antiwear additive and a lubricating composition including the organometallic phosphorus-providing antiwear additive having improved copper corrosion performance obtained by reacting an organic hydroxy compound with phosphorus pentasulfide to form a reaction product, distilling the reaction product and recovering a condensate, and neutralizing the condensate with a basic or neutral metal compound including one or more of a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, or a metal carbonate to form the organometallic phosphorus-providing antiwear additive or salt thereof.

Abstract: A sulfurized extreme pressure additive and lubricant including the same providing good copper corrosion and seal compatibility.

Abstract: Provided is a lubricating oil composition including a lubricating oil additive and a lubricating oil, the lubricating oil additive having nanodiamonds, of which a surface is hydrophobically modified by a surface treatment, dispersed in a base oil. The lubricating oil composition retains dispersibility over a long period of time and thus can ensure storage stability. Machines to which the lubricating oil composition is applied may have improved abrasion resistance as well as improved fuel consumption and reduced noise, and high thermal conductivity of the lubricating oil composition may also increase cooling efficiency and the service life of machines.

Abstract: A zeolite membrane complex includes a longitudinal support member having at least one through hole extending along its length and a zeolite membrane on an inner peripheral surface of the through hole or over an outer peripheral surface of the support, from one end portion of the support to the other end portion thereof. Among constituent elements of the zeolite membrane except oxygen, an element with the highest percentage is a main element, and when the concentration of the main element is measured at three portions defined by dividing the support into three equal parts in the longitudinal direction, the concentration of the main element gradually decreases from the one end portion toward the other end portion, and the ratio of the concentration of the main element at the other end portion to that at the one end portion is 0.90 or more.

Abstract: An ionic liquid composed of nitrogen-free cations and aromatic halogen- and boron-free anions is useful as an additive to prolong the service life of hydrocarbonaceous liquids exposed to nitrogen dioxide contamination, and to provide friction and wear reduction.

Abstract: A packing material for chromatography, the packing material comprising coated particles, wherein the coated particles comprise non-porous particles and a portion of the surface area of the non-porous particles is coated with a coating composition comprising graphene and/or graphene oxide.

Abstract: Provided is a carbon transfer film excellent in wear suppression and friction reduction effects. A carbon transfer film 12 contains sp2-bonded carbon, wherein a ratio of zirconium calculated by elemental analysis of a surface by SEM-EDX measurement is 0.6 mass % or lower, and a thickness is less than 100 nm. A sliding member 1 includes a substrate 11 and a carbon transfer film 12 provided on at least one surface of the substrate 11, wherein the carbon transfer film 12 contains sp2-bonded carbon and has a thickness of less than 100 nm; and a ratio of zirconium calculated from elemental analysis the carbon transfer film 12 surface by SEM-EDX measurement of is 0.6 mass % or lower. A lubricant composition contains an organic dispersion medium as a lubricant base and nanodiamond particles nanodispersed in the organic dispersion medium, wherein a content ratio of zirconia is lower than 100 mass ppm.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a portable thermite fire starter kit is provided. For instance, one or more small pieces or solid blocks of thermite may be contained within a portable kit container along with one or more ignition items. The ignition items may comprise thermite matches. In one embodiment, the ignition items are kept separate from the pieces of thermite. In one embodiment, one or both of the thermite pieces and/or thermite matches are constructed as multiple layers of progressively ignitable materials and/or compounds. In particular, the layers may start at a first layer and that can reach a first burn temperature that is at least a subsequent adjacent layer ignition temperature, where each subsequent intermediate layer leading to the thermite progressively increases in ignition temperature to not more than a previously adjacent layer burn temperature and also increases in burn temperature to at least a subsequent adjacent layer ignition temperature.

Abstract: A multifunctional high-strength composite fabric coating agent, a coating, a method for preparing the same and an application thereof are provided. The fabric coating agent includes a resin, a reinforcing agent with a reactive group, a bifunctional dispersing agent, a leveling agent, a film forming agent, a softening agent, an antibacterial agent, a solvent, and the like. The reinforcing agent is modified such that it has active functional groups of —OH and NH3. The fabric coating agent is not only easy to apply, fast to react and stabilize, but also suitable for a fabric surface of any material. A treated fabric has high tensile-breaking strength, excellent tearing and bursting performance, good waterproof-and-moisture-permeability and antibacterial performance, and high adhesion. It can be repeatedly knife coated, roll coated, calendared, or dipped. The method is not only mature in technology and low in production cost, but also suitable for large-scale application.

Abstract: A low S marine fuel trunk piston diesel engine lubricant includes an overbased metal detergent; a zinc dihydrocarbyl dithiophosphate; optionally an aminic antioxidant; and a borated ashless dispersant. The lubricant exhibits improved thermal and oxidative stability and improved high temperature detergency.

Abstract: Described herein are durable coatings, i.e. for medical devices, and methods of forming the coatings.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, an organic fluorine compound is represented by a general formula (R-?-E-CH2)2-A??(1A) (where A is a divalent perfluoropolyether group, ? is an arylene group or a single bond, R is an alkenyl group or an alkynyl group, and E is an ether bond or an ester bond or a group that is represented by a chemical formula —O—CH2CH(OH)CH2O— two groups each of which is represented by a general formula R-?-E-CH2— may be the same or different, and at least one n among two ? is an arylene group).