Talk:Lubricant

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pretty slick article

Describing the invention of ball bearings as "revolutionary" seems a bit ridiculous, but I can't think of a better term. --user:Heron

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[edit] Superlubricity?

Someone needs to mention Superlubricity. Jawed 04:46, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Russian band

There is also a Russian band called Lube (or Lubeh). Should this be mentioned? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 2 July 2005 16:29 (UTC)

  I don't think that really interesting stuff for none USR people.

I think it is. They have a really kick-ass song that is usually passed as "Rammstein – Juden Hasst". Even though Rammstein has nothing to do with it. --82.79.168.47 10:17, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

If you think it should be mentioned it should be dealt with like a redirect, personally I disagree. Darkwraith 19:50, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lubricants as pollutants

"In developed nations, lubricants contribute to nearly 1/4 of total pollution released to environment." That can't be right. We need a source or clarification of that statment.

Carax 16:13, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Grease isn't a liquid ?

It looks like one to me, at least at high temps. StuRat 05:11, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Like many materials, grease melts when hot and freezes when cold. But at room temperature grease is a thixotropic power-law fluid. See: Grease (lubricant). —Ryanrs 12:06, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup tag

I've put a cleanup tag on the article. It particularly refers to the intoductory section, which needs a complete rewrite as it contains several errors.

The lubricant may form a dispersion, disperses some wear products originating from the contacting surfaces, but does not dissolve much of them, although it might dissolve some.

Vaseline is cited as a tyical petroleum based lubricant. It is stated, that it dissolves petroleum products: rubber is a natural product, comes from the rubber tree. Petroleum based lubricants are designed such that their interaction with rubber/plastic seals is minimal.

What do we mean by a water based lubricant? These are cited as dissolving dirt: what dirt? inorganic contaminants, such as abrasive atmospheric dust, mainly silicates and aluminates do not dissolve in water.

Lubricants do not necessarily interact chemically with the contacting surfaces: in hydrodynamic lubrication the viscosity of the lubricant is capable of keeping the moving surfaces apart.

The statement "The lubricant must be replaced when it has dissolved to saturation" does not make sense. As very little solution takes place there is no saturation: Lubricating oils are replaced when there are too much abrasive contaminants in them, or as in the case of motor oils when the oil, through oxidation looses its ability to lubricate, because its Viscosity Index has dropped significantly and some of its components have partially dehydrogenated/oxidised and created coke particles which abrade instead of lubricating.

The last sentence does not appear to make much sense to me either. LouisBB (talk) 05:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC)