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Modification of jojoba oil for lubricant formulations
Author(s) -
Bhatia V. K.,
Chaudhry Alka,
Sivasankaran G. A.,
Bisht R. P. S.,
Kashyap Meenu
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02631379
Subject(s) - lubricant , lubricity , viscosity index , limiting , base oil , mineral oil , pour point , viscosity , pulp and paper industry , flash point , acid value , petroleum engineering , chemistry , materials science , environmental science , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering , composite material , mechanical engineering , scanning electron microscope
Jojoba oil has good lubricity and it can be utilized as a component in lubricating oil formulations. The physicochemical properties of the oil when compared with those of mineral oil base stocks showed that the pour point, acid value and oxidative stability were the limiting factors in its use as a base stock. Studies were carried out to improve these properties. The results indicated that these properties can be modified by physical and chemical methods and also by additive viscosity of jojoba oil by partial sulfurization, resulting in widening the scope of its utilization in developing lubricant formulations.