The present patent application relates to a method for reducing wear and tear on mechanical parts that are in contact with each other in an internal combustion engine by using a lubricating composition comprising: at least one base oil; at least one oxothiomolybdate salt; and at least one anti-wear compound;
wherein at least one of the said parts includes a surface that comprises an amorphous carbon type coating.

A lubricating oil composition containing a base oil, an organic molybdenum compound, and a metallic detergent, wherein the metallic detergent contains calcium sulfonate, and the content of the calcium sulfonate in terms of calcium atoms is 0.12% by mass or more based on the mass of the composition, the content ratio of molybdenum atoms derived from the organic molybdenum compound to soap groups derived from the metallic detergent based on the lubricating oil composition, [Mo/soap groups], is 0.02 or more at a mass ratio, and the HTHS viscosity at 150° C. is 1.3 mPa.Math.s or more and less than 2.3 mPa.Math.s. The lubricating oil composition has low viscosity and excellent lubricity.

A liquid blend of octylated phenyl-α-naphthylamine, and at least one low molecular weight aromatic ester, wherein the octylated phenyl-α-naphthylamine is present from about 15% to about 35% by weight of the blend, as well as a lubricating composition comprising a lubricant base and an amount of the blend which provides up to 2.0% by weight of the octylated phenyl-α-naphthylamine in the composition.

Lubricant compositions comprising a base oil, one or more antioxidants selected from a group consisting of N-α-naphthyl-N-phenylamine antioxidants and diphenylamine antioxidants; and a sulfur-containing additive comprising up to seven carbon atoms exhibit outstanding oxidative stability and non-corrosion properties. The N-α-naphthyl-N-phenylamine antioxidants plus diphenylamine antioxidants in total may be present from about 0.2 wt % to about 0.8 wt %, based on the total weight of the lubricant composition. The sulfur provided by the sulfur-containing additive may be present from about 50 ppm to about 1000 ppm by weight, based on the total weight of the lubricant composition.

A lubricant additive capable of imparting various functions to a lubricant base oil contains an ester compound (A) represented by formula (1) and an ester compound (B) represented by formula (2). (A):(B) being a mass ratio of the ester compound (A) to the ester compound (B) is 99:1 to 80:20.

Provided herein are olefinic feedstocks derived from conjugated hydrocarbon terpenes (e.g., C.sub.10-C.sub.50 terpenes), methods for making the same, and methods for their use.

A lubricant additive capable of imparting various functions to a lubricant base oil contains an ester compound (A) represented by formula (1) and an ester compound (B) represented by formula (2). (A):(B) being a mass ratio of the ester compound (A) to the ester compound (B) is 99:1 to 80:20.

A process can be used for the functionalization of graphene material by mixing graphene material with at least one silane. The functionalized graphene material is useful, for example, in thermoplastics.

The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (1) (in formula (1), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent a group represented by formula (2) or NHR.sup.0 (where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not simultaneously NHR.sup.0), R.sup.0 represents any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2-30 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6-30 carbon atoms, an alkylaryl group having 7-30 carbon atoms, and an arylalkyl group having 7-30 carbon atoms, each R.sup.3 independently represents hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group having 1-30 carbon atoms, l represents an integer of 0-4, m represents an integer of 1-4 (where m is an integer of 2-4 in the case where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are a group represented by formula (2)), and each n independently represents an integer of 0-4, and, in formula (2), R.sup.4 represents a hydrocarbon group having 6-24 carbon atoms, and X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom). ##STR00001##

A lubricating oil composition comprising greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity; an amount of one or more ester(s) of a polyhydric alcohol; an amount of one or more boron-containing dispersant(s); wherein a ratio of the amount of the one or more ester(s) of a polyhydric alcohol in weight percent provided to the lubricating oil composition, to an amount of boron in weight percent provided by the one or more boron-containing dispersant(s), based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition is less than 40. The lubricating oil composition has improved corrosion performance in an engine or other mechanical components lubricated with the lubricating oil.