A non-volatile memory circuit in embodiments of the present invention may have one or more of the following features: (a) a logic source, and (b) a semi-conductive device being electrically coupled to the logic source, having a first terminal, a second terminal and a nano-grease with significantly reduced amount of carbon nanotube loading located between the first and second terminal, wherein the nano-grease exhibits non-volatile memory characteristics.

A grease composition, containing a base oil (A), a urea-based thickener (B), and melamine cyanurate (C). Particles containing the urea-based thickener (B) in the grease composition satisfy the following requirement (I): the particles have an area-based arithmetic average particle diameter of 2.0 ?m or less, as measured by a laser diffraction/scattering method.

The present invention provides a grease composition comprising (a) a base oil, (b) a thickener comprising a urea compound, (c) an amine antioxidant at 0.5 to 5% by mass based on a total mass of the composition, and (d) a quinoline antioxidant at 0.5 to 5% by mass based on the total mass of the composition.

The present invention provides a grease composition for constant velocity joints, which includes a lubricating base oil, a thickener including a nitrogen-containing compound, a triglyceride, a diester, and a boron nitride, wherein a total content of the triglyceride and the diester is 1 to 5 mass % based on a total amount of the grease composition, and a mass ratio of a content of the triglyceride to a content of the diester (triglyceride/diester) is 0.3 to 1.5.

Disclosed in certain embodiments is a lubricating grease composition comprising an antioxidant polymer (e.g., oligomer) composition comprising repeat units of diphenylamine monomers of formula I

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wherein
R is H, C.sub.1-C.sub.18 alkyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.18 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.18 alkynyl, C(O)C.sub.1-C.sub.18 alkyl, C(O)aryl and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each independently H or a linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.18 alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.18 alkoxy, C.sub.1-C.sub.18 alkylamino, C.sub.1-C.sub.18 dialkylamino, C.sub.1-C.sub.18 alkylthio, C.sub.2-C.sub.18 alkenyl, C.sub.2-C.sub.18 alkynyl or C.sub.7-C.sub.21 aralkyl and
wherein
the number average molecular weight (Mn) of the polymer composition is from about 350 g/mol to about 5000 g/mol.

The present invention provides a mineral base oil having a kinetic viscosity at 100 C. of 7 mm.sup.2/s or more and less than 10 mm.sup.2/s, a viscosity index of 100 or more, and a temperature gradient |*| complex viscosity between two temperature points of 5 C. and 15 C. of 240 mPa.Math.s/ C. or less as measured with a rotary rheometer at an angular velocity of 6.3 rad/s. The use of the mineral base oil enables easy preparation of a lubricating oil composition and a grease composition having excellent oxidation stability while ensuring the freedom of selection of additives.

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.

The invention relates to polyurea lubricating grease compositions containing polyurea thickeners and at least one organic carbonate, to lubrication points or components containing the polyurea lubricating grease composition, to a seal comprising sealing material from fluorinated elastomers and to the use of the lubricating greases.

The invention relates to a method for preparing lignin derivative-based lubricating greases thickened by a polyurea thickener, lubricating greases thus prepared, and the use of such lubricant greases, inter alia, in transmissions, constant-velocity driveshafts and sealed roller bearings.

A grease manufacturing method includes: mixing a first base oil containing a first thickener precursor and a second base oil containing a second thickener precursor to prepare a mixture; applying a shear rate of 10.sup.2 s.sup.1 or more to the mixture; and mixing and dispersing the first thickener precursor and the second thickener precursor for reaction to prepare a thickener.