Developments in Lubricant Technology

Preface vii
 
PART I LUBRICANT BASICS 1
 
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: LUBRICANT SCENARIO 3
 
Chapter 2 CLASSIFICATION OF LUBRICANTS 7
 
Chapter 3 MINERAL AND CHEMICALLY MODIFIED LUBRICATING BASE OILS 23
 
Chapter 4 SYNTHESIZED BASE OILS 43
 
Chapter 5 LUBRICANT ADDITIVES AND THEIR EVALUATION 61
 
Chapter 6 LUBRICATION, FRICTION, AND WEAR 87
 
PART II INDUSTRIAL LUBRICANTS 103
 
Chapter 7 STEAM AND GAS TURBINE OILS 105
 
Chapter 8 HYDRAULIC FLUIDS 117
 
Chapter 9 COMPRESSOR, VACUUM PUMP, AND REFRIGERATION OILS 137
 
PART III GEAR OILS AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS 159
 
Chapter 10 INDUSTRIAL AND AUTOMOTIVE GEAR OILS 161
 
Chapter 11 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUIDS 179
 
PART IV AUTOMOTIVE LUBRICANTS AND MWFs 195
 
Chapter 12 PASSENGER CAR MOTOR OILS 197
 
Chapter 13 ENGINE OILS FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 219
 
Chapter 14 TWO-STROKE AND SMALL ENGINE LUBRICANTS 239
 
Chapter 15 RAILROAD, MARINE AND NATURAL GAS ENGINE OILS 249
 
Chapter 16 METALWORKING FLUIDS 271
 
PART V BLENDING, RE-REFINING, MONITORING AND TEST METHODS 289
 
Chapter 17 LUBRICANTS: BLENDING, QUALITY CONTROL, AND HANDLING 291
 
Chapter 18 REREFINING AND RECYCLING OF USED LUBRICATING OIL 299
 
Chapter 19 IN-SERVICE MONITORING OF LUBRICANTS AND FAILURE ANALYSIS 309
 
Chapter 20 LUBRICANT TESTS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE 323
 
Index 338

S. P. Srivastava has forty-five years of research experience in the field of fuels, lubricants, and additives. He is a former executive director of the R&D center of Indian Oil Corporation (a global Fortune 500 company), and Director of Indian Oil Blending Ltd and Iftex Oils & Chemicals Ltd. Dr. Srivastava has been responsible for developing an entire range of fuels and lubricants for the Indian Oil Corporation. The author and coauthor of 200 research papers, thirty patents, and four books, Dr. Srivastava is currently an independent consultant on fuels and lubricants.