Abstract: A lubricant composition containing a base oil and organic fine particles substantially consisting of the three elements of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and having a proportion of particles having a particle diameter of 10 nm to 10 ?m of 90% or greater, wherein the content of the organic fine particles is 0.01 to 50 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the base oil.

Abstract: The present invention provides an acrylate-based copolymer obtained by polymerizing constituent monomers including a polymerizable monomer (a) consisting of an alkyl acrylate-based monomer represented by the following general formula (1) in an amount of from 10 mol % to 95 mol % with respect to a total number of moles of the constituent monomers, a polymerizable monomer (b) consisting of an alkylene glycol acrylate-based monomer represented by the following general formula (2) in an amount of from 5 mol % to 50 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of the constituent monomers, and at least one kind of polymerizable monomer (c) selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl-based monomer (c-1) and a short-chain alkyl acrylate-based monomer (c-2) represented by the following general formula (3) in an amount of from 0 mol % to 60 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of the constituent monomers.

Abstract: A friction inhibiting compound of the present invention is a friction inhibiting compound including a copolymer (A) that includes a polymerizable monomer (a) and a polymerizable monomer (b) as constituent monomers, wherein the polymerizable monomer (a) includes a specific alkyl acrylate or alkyl methacrylate, the polymerizable monomer (b) is at least one selected from the group consisting of specific hydroxyalkyl acrylates and hydroxyalkyl methacrylates; specific alkyl acrylates and alkyl methacrylates; and aromatic vinyl monomers having 8 to 14 carbon atoms, and a composition ratio of the polymerizable monomer (a) and polymerizable monomer (b) in the copolymer (A), represented by (a):(b), is (10 to 45):(55 to 90) in a molar ratio (provided that a total molar ratio of (a) and (b) is 100), and the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer (A) is 1,000 to 500,000.

Abstract: A lubricant composition containing a base oil and organic fine particles substantially consisting of the three elements of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and having a proportion of particles having a particle diameter of 10 nm to 10 ?m of 90% or greater, wherein the content of the organic fine particles is 0.01 to 50 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the base oil.