Basestock Oils for Lubricants from Mixtures of Corn Oil and Synthetic Diesters From: JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Pop, Loredana; Puscas, Cosmina; Bandur, Geza; Vlase, Gabriela; Nutiu, Remus | Copyright AOCS Press Jan 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Abstract

Environmentally friendly vegetable oils and their derivatives represent alternatives to mineral-based lubricants. Vegetable oils have high biodegradability and low production costs. Their poor thermo-oxidative stability and poor low temperature properties are disadvantages in their use as lubricant basestocks. In our study we used corn oil and diester mixtures, which become lubricants when additives are introduced. These mixtures of corn oil and di-2-ethylhexyl-adipate (DOA) a...