A hydrocarbon fluid is disclosed that has a pour point of at most −30° C., as measured by ASTM D5950, and that comprises at least 99 wt % of naphthenes and paraffins, based on the total weight of the hydrocarbon fluid, wherein the weight ratio of naphthenes to paraffins is at least 1, as measured by GC-MS, and wherein the paraffins consist essentially of isoparaffins, as determined by GC-FID. In addition, preferred uses of said hydrocarbon fluid are disclosed.

An extremely rheopectic sulfonate-based grease composition and method comprising adding overbased calcium sulfonate, overbased magnesium sulfonate, and a facilitating acid, using a particular type of overbased calcium sulfonate and/or methods for adding overbased calcium sulfonate relative to the magnesium sulfonate and facilitating acid to favor the reaction between the magnesium sulfonate and facilitating acid. A preferred overbased calcium sulfonate comprises benzene rings having multiple alkyl groups. Preferred methods comprise (1) adding all calcium sulfonate after adding the magnesium sulfonate and facilitating acid, (2) adding a first portion of calcium sulfonate with the magnesium sulfonate before adding the facilitating acid and a second portion of calcium sulfonate after the facilitating acid, and/or (3) one or more calcium sulfonate delay periods relative to adding the facilitating acid. The extremely rheopectic grease is fluid and pourable and only takes on a grease structure after milling or shearing.

An ammonium-based ionic liquid compound including a tri-n-octylmethylammonium cation and a carboxylate anion. A lubricant composition including it, and its use as a detergent and/or anti-corrosion additive in a lubricant, in particular a marine lubricant.

A lubricating oil composition for agricultural machines, containing: at least one base oil selected from the group consisting of mineral oil-based base oils and synthetic oil-based base oils; and a polyalkyl methacrylate-based viscosity index improver having a weight average molecular weight of from 20,000 to 80,000, in which a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is from 8.00 mm.sup.2/s to 10.00 mm.sup.2/s, a kinematic viscosity reduction rate at 100° C. in an ultrasonic shear stability test is 10.0% or less, and a Brookfield viscosity at −40° C. is 20,000 mPa.Math.s or less.

An aspect of the present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil containing: a lubricating base oil; a phosphorus-containing additive; and a polymer comprising an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester as a monomer unit.

A defoaming agent obtainable by a process that includes: polymerizing (A) at least one polymerizable monomer in a composition, the composition comprising (C) a solvent and (B) at least one non-polymerizable polysiloxane dissolved in the (C) solvent, wherein the component (A) optionally comprises at least one Si-atom-containing monomer in an amount of less than 10 mass % on the basis of the total mass of the component (A).

Disclosed are a lubricant composition and a method of preparing the same. The lubricant composition has improved low-temperature fluidity and includes polyalkylene glycol, a glycol ether compound, and an antioxidant.

The disclosed technology provides alkylphenol-containing detergent having at least one unit (a) of an alkyl-substituted phenol wherein the alkyl group is derived from oligomers of an olefin compound containing 3 to 8 carbon atoms, wherein the polyolefin-derived alkyl group comprises at least 30 mol percent of an olefin with 4 or more carbon atoms. The invention further relates to a method of lubricating a mechanical device with the lubricant composition.

A lubricating oil composition including a base oil (A) containing an olefin-based polymer (A1), a viscosity index improver (B), and an imide-based dispersant (C), in which a first olefin-based polymer (A1-1) having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 3.0 mm.sup.2/s or more is contained as the olefin-based polymer (A1), a second olefin-based polymer (A1-2) having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of less than 3.0 mm.sup.2/s is not contained as the olefin-based polymer (A1), a content of a resin component (B1) derived from the viscosity index improver (B) is 0.01% by mass or more based on a total amount of the lubricant composition, and a content of nitrogen atoms derived from the imide-based dispersant (C) is 0.06% by mass or more based on the total amount of the lubricant composition.

A lubricating oil composition which may contain a zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate, and whose color deterioration over time is alleviated. Such a lubricating oil composition may contain: a base oil (A); a zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate (B); and a sodium-based detergent (C). In such a lubricating oil composition, a content of zinc atoms may be 100 ppm by mass to 2,000 ppm by mass based on a total amount of the lubricating oil composition, and a content of sodium atoms may be 5 ppm by mass to 1,000 ppm by mass based on the total amount of the lubricating oil composition.