Abstract
IN a paper iread by Drs. A. E. Dunstan and F. B. Thole before the Institution of Petroleum Technologists on April 16, the authors, in reviewing the work of previous observers, point out that little knowledge exists as to the chemical composition of lubricating oils and the relation between their chemical character and lubricating properties. These oils probably consist (though nothing, very definite, is known) of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons of the naphthenic o>r polynuclear type, and, to a limited extent, of paraffins and aromatic hydrocarbons.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Lubricating Oils . Nature 101, 214–215 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/101214c0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/101214c0