Disclosed herein is an oil additive and combination oil product comprising an effective amount of the oil additive. The oil additive comprises a bismuth-containing premix, the bismuth-containing premix comprising bismuth trioxide and a carrier, and a boron-containing premix, the boron-containing premix comprising boric acid, a carrier, and an anionic surfactant.

Disclosed herein is an oil additive and combination oil product comprising an effective amount of the oil additive. The oil additive comprises a bismuth-containing premix, the bismuth-containing premix comprising bismuth trioxide and a carrier, and a boron-containing premix, the boron-containing premix comprising boric acid, a carrier, and an anionic surfactant.

A functional fluid composition useful as a brake fluid comprising from 0 to 94.99% by weight of alkoxy glycols of borate esters, from 5 to 99.99% by weight of alkoxy glycols, from 0.01 to 5% by weight of alkoxylates of saturated or unsaturated hydroxy-substituted fatty acids such as ricinoleic acid or esters thereof, the hydroxyl group located on the fatty acid side chain being etherified by at least one oxyalkylene unit, and from 0 to 10% by weight of an additive package comprising additives with corrosion inhibition action.

A functional fluid composition useful as a brake fluid comprising from 0 to 94.99% by weight of alkoxy glycols of borate esters, from 5 to 99.99% by weight of alkoxy glycols, from 0.01 to 5% by weight of alkoxylates of saturated or unsaturated hydroxy-substituted fatty acids such as ricinoleic acid or esters thereof, the hydroxyl group located on the fatty acid side chain being etherified by at least one oxyalkylene unit, and from 0 to 10% by weight of an additive package comprising additives with corrosion inhibition action.

Provided are a lubricating oil composition containing a component (A): a succinimide having an alkenyl group or an alkyl group, a component (B): a primary amine having a hydrocarbon group having 12 or more and 24 or less carbon atoms, a component (C): a fatty acid amide compound, and a component (D): an amide compound having a specific structure, and capable of satisfying both a high clutch capacity and a long anti-shudder lifetime; and a lubrication method and a transmission using the composition.

Provided are a lubricating oil composition containing a component (A): a succinimide having an alkenyl group or an alkyl group, a component (B): a primary amine having a hydrocarbon group having 12 or more and 24 or less carbon atoms, a component (C): a fatty acid amide compound, and a component (D): an amide compound having a specific structure, and capable of satisfying both a high clutch capacity and a long anti-shudder lifetime; and a lubrication method and a transmission using the composition.

To provide a friction-reducing agent containing no sulfur nor phosphorus and being excellent in friction-reducing properties, and a lubricating oil composition using it. An alkanolamine represented by the following formula is used as a friction-reducing agent: ##STR00001##
wherein A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 are each independently a hydroxy group or a hydrogen atom, provided that A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time, R.sub.1 is a hydrocarbon group having at most 30 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 to R.sub.6 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having at most 30 carbon atoms, and m and n are each independently an integer of from 0 to 10.

A water-soluble quenching fluid composition prepared by blending: water, at least one kind selected from a polyoxyalkylene glycol and a derivative thereof (A), and an alkylene glycol ether (B), the polyoxyalkylene glycol or a derivative thereof (A) having a mass average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and 100,000 or less, the alkylene glycol ether (B) having a solubility in 100 mL of water at 20 C. of 2.0 g/100 mL-H.sub.2O or less and a molecular weight per 1 mol of 1,000 g/mol or less.

The present invention relates to the field of fuel additives for fuel compositions and more particularly to a composition that can be used as a friction modifier, and its preparation process. More particularly, the present invention concerns a composition comprising at least one fatty acid amide of diethanolamine (DEA) and at least one fatty acid ester and/or amide of DEA oligomer, and it preparation process.

Provided herein are polymers obtainable by a process including the steps a) and b) described below. In Step a) at least one component a1) is condensed to obtain a polyether having remaining hydroxyl groups. Component a1) is at least one component selected from N-(hydroxyalkyl) amins according to formula (Ia) and/or (Ib) as defined below. Besides component a1), further components can be present in the condensation step a). In step b) a part of the remaining hydroxyl groups are reacted with at least one alkylene oxide. The alkoxylation according to step b) is carried out in a substoichiometric way. The ratio of i) the alkylene oxide versus ii) the sum of the amount of the remaining hydroxyl groups is >0:1 to <1:1 [mol/mol]. Further provided herein is a process for preparing such polymers and derivatives of the polymers by quaternization, protonation, sulphation and/or phosphation.