A fullerene-containing lubricating oil composition including a base oil and fullerene, wherein the fullerene is dissolved, and the concentration is 1 ppm by mass or more and less than 50 ppm by mass.

The invention relates to liquid dispersion containing surface treated inorganic particle selected from the group consisting of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, AlN, Si.sub.3N.sub.4, SiC, WS.sub.2 and mixtures thereof and at least one liquid fluorinated compound, manufacturing process thereof, and use of such dispersion for increasing thermal conductivity of oil lubricants or heat transfer fluids.

Provided in one embodiment is an improved and more flexible process for preparing a finished base oil or a white oil product comprising passing a dewaxed base oil product to a distillation column and separating the dewaxed base oil product into fuel and base oil product streams. The base oil product streams are tested to determine if they meet desired specifications. Base oil product streams that meet the desired minimum base oil specifications are passed to a hydrofinishing reactor to prepare a white oil product, or passed to direct sale.

A process for preparing a base oil from a waxy hydrocarbon feedstock is provided. The process comprises passing the hydrocarbon feedstock to a distillation column prior to dewaxing in order to recover a heavy wax cut. The heavy wax is then hydrocracked to lower boiling compounds which can be better isomerized to a base oil with an acceptable cloud point. The base oil yield is also increased.

The present disclosure relates to a synthetic vegetable oil and an environmental-friendly flame-retardant hydraulic oil composition including the same, and a preparation method thereof, and provides a method of preparing a glycerin-ester-based lubricating base oil through a catalyst-free and rinsing-free process, a glycerin-ester-based lubricating base oil that is a synthetic vegetable oil obtained by the method, and an environmental-friendly flame-retardant hydraulic oil composition that contains the glycerin-ester-based lubricating base oil and that is capable of reducing electricity consumption by 7 to 8% compared to mineral oil-based lubricating oils due to excellent flame retardancy (with self-extinguishing function) and lubricity.

One or more embodiments presently described are directed to lubricants and methods for making such lubricants. According to one embodiment, a lubricant suitable for use in a water-based drilling fluid may comprise one or more alkyl esters and a fatty acid blend comprising at least palmitic acid and stearic acid. The sum of the weight percent of the palmitic acid and stearic acid may be at least 50 wt. % of the fatty acid blend. The weight ratio of the one or more alkyl esters to the fatty acid blend may be from 1:1 to 3:1. The molar ratio of palmitic acid to stearic acid may be from 20:80 to 40:60.

One or more embodiments presently described are directed to lubricants and methods for making such lubricants. According to one embodiment, a lubricant suitable for use in a water-based drilling fluid may comprise one or more alkyl esters and a fatty acid blend comprising one or more medium-chain fatty acids. The one or more medium-chain fatty acids may be at least 50 weight percent (wt. %) of the fatty acid blend. The weight ratio of the one or more alkyl esters to the fatty acid blend may be from 1:1 to 3:1.

The invention relates to lubricating greases based on alkali metal soaps and/or earth-alkali metal soaps and metal complex soaps based on (R)-10-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid and to the use thereof.

A lubricating oil composition for industrial gears, including 10 to 90% by mass of a lubricant base oil (A) having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1 to 100 mm.sup.2/s, a viscosity index of 100 or more, and a pour point of 0° C. or lower, and 90 to 10% by mass of a liquid random copolymer (B) of ethylene and α-olefin, the liquid random copolymer (B) being prepared by means of a specific catalyst, wherein the total amount of (A) and (B) is 100% by mass, the lubricating oil composition for industrial gears having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 100 to 10,000 mm.sup.2/s.

A grease composition including 10 to 98% by mass of a lubricant base oil (A) having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1 to 14 mm.sup.2/s, a viscosity index of 100 or more, and a pour point of 0° C. or lower, 89 to 1% by mass of a liquid random copolymer (B) of ethylene and α-olefin produced by using a specific catalyst, and 1 to 30% by mass of a thickener (C) (note that the sum total of (A) to (C) is 100% by mass), wherein the lubricant base oil (A) and the copolymer (B) are mixed in such a ratio that the mixture of the lubricant base oil (A) and the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (B) has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1 to 500 mm.sup.2/s and a viscosity index of 120 or more.