A lithium-based thickener is contained in an amount of 6 to 14 wt % based on a total weight of a grease composition. The amount of the lithium-based thickener contained in the grease composition can be reduced by about half compared to a conventional thickener, thus effectively increasing viscosity of base oil and reducing fluidity.

This disclosure describes low ash lubricating composition achieving passing steel corrosion, passing high temperature deposit formation, and emulsion stability. The lubricating compositions include one or more select corrosion or rust inhibitor chemistries having an oil-soluble acyclic structure with acidic, hydroxy, or amine moieties but being free of imine, imide, and/or amidine moieties.

Provided are compositions, additives for forming compositions, methods of operating apparatus in fluid communication with the compositions, and apparatus comprising the compositions. For example, the composition may include a polyalphaolefin component of from about 95% to about 99.5% w/w. The composition may include an additive component. The additive component may include an anti-wear agent. The anti-wear agent may be from about 0.1% to about 2% w/w. The anti-wear component may be characterized by an acid value of at least about 1 mg KOH/g. The additive component may include an aryl amine antioxidant agent, an anti-rust agent, and a metal deactivator agent. The composition may be characterized by a kinematic viscosity at 100 C. of at least about 5 centiStokes, a viscosity index of at least about 80, and an acid value in mg KOH/g of between about 0.1 and about 1.

Provided is a lubricating oil composition containing a base oil (A) and an amine-based antioxidant (B), wherein the component (B) contains a phenyl-naphthylamine (B1), an alkylphenyl-naphthylamine (B2) and a di(alkylphenyl)amine (B3), the content of the component (B1) is 2.0 to 10.0% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the total amount of the component (B), the content of the component (B2) is 40.0 to 90.0% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the total amount of the component (B), and the content of the component (B3) is 8.0 to 50.0% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the total amount of the component (B). The lubricating oil composition maintains excellent oxidation stability even in long-term use in high-temperature environments, and has an excellent lifetime and is excellent also in a sludge preventing effect.

A grease composition for vehicular hub unit bearings is provided, in which a base oil is a synthetic hydrocarbon oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40? C. of 25-50 mm.sup.2/s, a thickener is an alicyclic aliphatic diurea compound, based on a total mass of the composition, 0.1-5% by mass of a carboxylic acid-based corrosion inhibitor, 0.1-5% by mass of a carboxylic acid salt-based corrosion inhibitor, and 0.1-3% by mass of an amine salt of a fatty acid are contained, and a worked penetration is 220-270.

A method of lubricating the contact between a first surface coated with a hydrogenous carbon film or coating of type a-C:H, ta-C:H, a-C:H:Me or a-C:H:X, as classified by VDI-Standard VDI 2840 and a second ferrous, preferably steel surface. The method comprises supplying to said contact a lubricating oil composition comprising a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity and (a) an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible molybdenum compound in an amount such as to provide between 150 and 1000 ppm by weight of molybdenum to the lubricating oil composition, and (b) between 0.1 and 5% by weight with respect to the weight of the lubricating oil composition of a polymeric organic friction modifier, the organic friction modifier being the reaction product of (i) a functionalised polyolefin, (ii) a polyether, (iii) a polyol and (iv) a monocarboxylic acid chain terminating group.

Disclosed are multifunctional compounds represented by structural formula (I):

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methods of producing compounds represented by structural formula (I) and their use in inhibiting corrosion in corrodible material.

The present invention is a lubricating oil composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of (A) an ester compound of a neopentyl polyol having 5 to 10 carbon atoms and a valence of alcohol of 2 to 6 and a linear unsaturated fatty acid having 16 to 22 carbon atoms, 0.1 to 1.5 parts by mass of a specific (B) acid phosphate ester amine salt, 0.01 to 0.25 parts by mass of a specific (C) succinic acid monoester, and 0.01 to 0.25 parts by mass of (D)N-oleoylsarcosine. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a lubricating oil composition which is excellent in biodegradability, lubricity (anti-wear property), and rust preventive property against seawater, which is low in toxicity and accumulation to aquatic organisms, and further which is excellent in oxidation stability even in the presence of seawater.

Provided is a lubricating oil composition for a transmission having excellent gear properties, clutch properties, cooling properties, and electric insulating properties. The lubricating oil composition for a transmission preparing by blending (A) a base oil, (B) a viscosity index improver having a mass average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000, and (C-1) a polyamide and/or (C-2) a polyol ester, the base oil (A) including (A-1) a synthetic oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100 C. of 1.0 to 10.0 mm.sup.2/s.

This disclosure describes low ash lubricating composition achieving passing steel corrosion, passing high temperature deposit formation, and emulsion stability. The lubricating compositions include one or more select corrosion or rust inhibitor chemistries having an oil-soluble acyclic structure with acidic, hydroxy, or amine moieties but being free of imine, imide, and/or amidine moieties.