Industrial lubricants

Industrial lubricants

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adhesion

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The property of a lubricant that causes it to cling or adhere to a solid surface.

adhesive wear

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Is often referred to as galling, scuffing, scoring, or seizing. It happens when sliding surfaces contact one another, causing fragments to be pulled from one surface and to adhere to the other.

adsorbent filter

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A filter medium primarily intended to hold soluble and insoluble contaminants on its surface by molecular adhesion.

additive stability

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The ability of additives in the fluid to resist changes in their performance during storage or use.

additive level

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The total percentage of all additives in an oil. (Expressed in % of mass (weight) or % of volume)

activated alumina

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A highly porous material produced from dehydroxylated aluminium hydroxide. Is used as a desiccant and as a filtering medium.

In lubricants, acidity denotes the presence of acid-type constituents whose concentration is usually defined in terms of total acid number. The constituents vary in nature and may or may not markedly ...