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aeration
Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants
The state of air being suspended in a liquid such as a lubricant or hydraulic fluid.
actuator
Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants
A device used to convert fluid energy into mechanical motion.
additive
Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants
A chemical substance added to a petroleum product to impart or improve certain properties. Common petroleum product additives are: antifoam agent, anti-wear additive, corrosion inhibitor, ...
adsorptive filtration
Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants
The attraction to, and retention of particles in, a filter medium by electrostatic forces, or by molecular attraction between the particles and the medium.
adsorption
Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants
Adhesion of the molecules of gases, liquids, or dissolved substances to a solid surface, resulting in relatively high concentration of the molecules at the place of contact; e.g. The plating out of ...
acid
Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants
In a restricted sense, any substance containing hydrogen in combination with a nonmetal or nonmetallic radical and capable of producing hydrogen ions in solution.
acid number
Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants
The quantity of base, expressed in milligrams of potassium hydroxide, that is required to neutralize the acidic constituents in 1 g of sample.