Provided is a solid lubricant that is non-black in color and capable of reducing industrial waste (environmental conservation), and further capable of achieving a balance among excellent lubricity, moisture absorption resistance, and corrosion resistance in a heavy working region, and a lubricating coating agent including the solid lubricant.

A solid lubricant including carrier particles including a lipophilic lubricating component that is at least one of an oil, an extreme-pressure agent, a soap, and a wax between particles of and/or between layers of at least one layered clay mineral selected from the group consisting of natural products and synthetic products of a smectite group, a vermiculite group, a mica group, a brittle mica group, a pyrophyllite group, and a kaolinite group.

An epilamization agent containing at least one compound including at least hydrophobic and oleophobic moieties arranged to impart epilame properties to the compound, and at least one hydrophilic moiety arranged to make the compound soluble in aqueous medium, the hydrophilic moiety being linked to the compound by at least one cleavable group. A method for coating a substrate with epilame, including: preparing an aqueous epilamization bath by solubilising such an epilamization agent, placing the substrate in contact with the epilamization agent in the epilamization bath, separating the hydrophilic moiety from the epilamization agent by cleavage, rinsing the substrate to eliminate the hydrophilic residues from the hydrophilic moiety and drying.

The invention concerns a threaded portion of a tubular element for a threaded tubular connection having an axis of revolution, the portion comprising a threading extending over its outer or inner peripheral surface, and a first sealing surface on the peripheral surface, the first sealing surface being capable of producing metal-metal interference with a corresponding second sealing surface belonging to a complementary threaded portion. The threading and the first sealing surface are coated with a metallic anti-galling layer wherein zinc (Zn) is the major element by weight, the metallic anti-galling layer being at least partially coated with a lubricant layer comprising a resin and a dry solid lubricant powder dispersed in the resin.

The present invention relates to polymers used as rolling lubricating agents, to compositions comprising said polymers, and to alkali metal films including the polymers or compositions on the surface(s) thereof. The use of said polymers and compositions is also described for strip-rolling alkali metals or alloys thereof in order to obtain thin films. Methods for producing said thin films, which are suitable for use in electrochemical cells, are also described. The present invention proposes an improved lubricant according to formula I, which, for example, achieves enhanced conductivity, and/or enables the production of electrochemical cells having an improved life span in cycles.

To provide a steel wire rod having a lubricating coating, which can achieve both corrosion resistance such as long-term rust prevention property, and excellent appearance after heading.

The steel wire rod of the present disclosure includes a lubricating coating on a surface thereof, wherein the lubricating coating includes silicon (A), tungsten (B) and an alkali metal salt of fatty acid (C), a dry mass ratio of (B)/(A) is in a range of 1.3 to 18 and a dry mass ratio of (C)/{(A)+(B)} is in a range of 0.14 to 2.0, and the lubricating coating contains no phosphorus.

A magnetic disk of is provided, the magnetic disk having at least a magnetic layer, a carbon protective layer, and a lubrication layer sequentially provided on a substrate. In an embodiment, the lubrication layer a film formed by a lubricant having a perfluoropolyether compound A having a perfluoropolyether main chain in the structure and also having a hydroxyl group at the end and a compound C obtained from a reaction between a compound B expressed by: [Chemical formula 1] CF.sub.3(OC.sub.2F.sub.4)m-(OCF.sub.2)n-OCF.sub.3 [m and n in the formula are natural numbers.] and aluminum oxide.

The present invention provides a low-friction sliding mechanism comprising a lubricant composition on a sliding plane between a DLC-coated sliding member (A) and a sliding member (B), wherein the DLC-coated sliding member (A) is formed by coating a base material with diamond-like-carbon containing 10 atom % or less of hydrogen, the sliding member (B) includes at least one kind of material selected from the group consisting of a metal material, a non-metal material, and a metal or non-metal coated material having a surface coated with a thin film, and the lubricant composition contains a basic oil (C), PAG (D), and an acid oxygen-containing organic compound (E) with an acid number of more than 1 mgKOH/g.

A sliding machine includes: a pair of sliding members having sliding surfaces that oppose each other and are able to move relative to each other; and a lubricating oil which is able to be interposed between the opposed sliding surfaces, in which at least one of the sliding surfaces is covered with a chromium (Cr)-containing amorphous carbon film (chromium-coating DLC), and the lubricating oil contains an oil-soluble molybdenum compound having a chemical structure formed from a trinuclear material of molybdenum (Mo). Specifically, the chromium-coating DLC contains, when the entirety of the film is assumed to be 100 at. %, 1% to 49% of Cr, 0% to 30% of hydrogen (H), carbon (C) as a remainder, and impurities. The lubricating oil contains 5 ppm to 800 ppm of the oil-soluble molybdenum compound in terms of Mo mass ratio with respect to the entirety of the lubricating oil.

A tubular member (1) with a relative rough (1.5-10 m) inner surface (5) coated solid lubricating film (10) which is transformed into a substantially viscous rubbery viscoelasto-plastic phase at temperatures in a range between 50 C. and 110 C. is expanded by moving an expansion member (24) with a relatively smooth outer surface (roughness <1.5 m) therethrough, such that during expansion a viscous viscoelastoplastic substantially rubbery lubricating film (44) is generated between the tubular member (1) and the expansion mandrel (24), which film remains bonded to the rough inner surface (5) of the expanded tubular (1), but does not stick to the relatively hot and smooth expansion member (24).

A method of preparing an article having a slippery surface includes providing a metal-containing surface, chemically modifying the metal-containing surface to roughen the metal-containing surface, and disposing a lubricating layer on the roughened metal-containing surface, wherein the lubricating layer is substantially stabilized on the roughened metal-containing surface.