Described herein is a stabilized lubricant composition for use in steel casting, in particular in continuous casting processes. In particular, the lubricant composition for processes for producing steel by continuous casting includes a dispersion of a lubricant powder, for an ingot mold, in continuous casting, in an oily liquid means, and a stabilization additive, characterized in that it has the following shear thinning index values:

TABLE-US-00001 RVT 0.1/1 1/10 10/100 100/1000 STI 3.0-7.5 2.0-6.5 1.0-3.0 0.5-2.0 wherein RVT is the ratio between two different shear speeds and STI is the shear thinning index corresponding to the RVT values.

An environmentally acceptable lubricating grease, comprising: a) 50 wt % to 90 wt % of a biodegradable base oil comprising a biodegradable ester as base oil; b) 3 wt % to 25 wt % of a thickener selected from b1) 3 wt % to 12 wt % biodegradable calcium soap, b2) 3 wt % to 25 wt % bentonites, b3) and mixtures thereof; c) 4 wt % to 40 wt % additives, comprising c1) 1 wt % to 12 wt % fumed silicon dioxide and/or polytetrafluoroethylene and/or mixtures thereof, c2) 2 wt % to 45 wt % of a polymer selected from polyisobutylene, polyisobutylene/butene copolymer, polymethacrylates, polyesters and mixtures thereof, c3) 0.5 wt % to 20 wt % of a solid lubricant.

An environmentally acceptable lubricating grease, comprising: a) 50 wt % to 90 wt % of a biodegradable base oil comprising a biodegradable ester as base oil; b) 3 wt % to 25 wt % of a thickener selected from b1) 3 wt % to 12 wt % biodegradable calcium soap, b2) 3 wt % to 25 wt % bentonites, b3) and mixtures thereof; c) 4 wt % to 40 wt % additives, comprising c1) 1 wt % to 12 wt % fumed silicon dioxide and/or polytetrafluoroethylene and/or mixtures thereof, c2) 2 wt % to 45 wt % of a polymer selected from polyisobutylene, polyisobutylene/butene copolymer, polymethacrylates, polyesters and mixtures thereof, c3) 0.5 wt % to 20 wt % of a solid lubricant.

The present invention is directed to aqueous compositions with wax and graphene. These compositions offer surprising benefits in reducing bicycle or motorbike chain lengthening, particularly in off road environments with high dirt and water levels such as during mountain biking or off-road biking. The invention is further directed to a method of preparing such compositions and to the use of such compositions on bicycle or motorbike chains.

An overbased calcium sulfonate grease composition comprising a reduced amount of overbased calcium sulfonate, calcium hydroxyapatite, base oil, one or more converting agents, and one or more complexing acids if a complex grease is desired. The calcium sulfonate grease composition improves thickener yield and expected high temperature utility as demonstrated by dropping point. A method of making the composition comprising the steps of mixing the calcium sulfonate and base oil, adding the calcium carbonate either before or after conversion, adding one or more converting agents, and adding one or more complexing acids. All or a portion of one or more of the complexing acids may be added with or prior to the one or more converting agents.

An overbased calcium sulfonate grease composition comprising a reduced amount of overbased calcium sulfonate, calcium hydroxyapatite, base oil, one or more converting agents, and one or more complexing acids if a complex grease is desired. The calcium sulfonate grease composition improves thickener yield and expected high temperature utility as demonstrated by dropping point. A method of making the composition comprising the steps of mixing the calcium sulfonate and base oil, adding the calcium carbonate either before or after conversion, adding one or more converting agents, and adding one or more complexing acids. All or a portion of one or more of the complexing acids may be added with or prior to the one or more converting agents.

A film is formed by use of a composition containing (A) a binder resin, (B) a hard particle, and (C) a solid lubricant selected from the group containing molybdenum disulfide and graphite, wherein the composition contains tungsten carbide as the hard particle, and wherein weight ratio of (B) the hard particles and (C) the solid lubricant, (B)/(C), is in the range of 1 to 3.

The invention relates to a polyamide-based surface material having fillers which improve the tribologically active properties, wherein the fillers comprise at least one metal sulfide and/or calcium phosphate. The invention further relates to a three-dimensional molded body consisting of a surface material, produced, in particular, as an injection-molded part or extrusion part and or by additive fabrication.

Drilling fluid compositions include a base fluid, at least one additive chosen from an emulsifier, weighting material, fluid-loss additive, viscosifier, or alkali compound, and from 0.1 wt. % to 1 wt. %, based on total weight of the drilling fluid composition, of an ethoxylated alcohol compound having the formula R—(OCH.sub.2CH.sub.2).sub.7—OH, in which R is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbyl group having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms. The base fluid may be an aqueous base fluid. Methods for drilling a subterranean well include operating a drill in a wellbore in the presence of a drilling fluid composition including the base fluid, the additive, and the ethoxylated alcohol compound.

In one embodiment, a spacer fluid may comprise a base fluid and a surfactant package. The surfactant package may comprise one or more surfactants, where the surfactant package comprises a first surfactant having the chemical structure R—(OC.sub.2H.sub.4).sub.x—OH. R may be a hydrocarbyl group having from 9 to 20 carbon atoms, and x may be an integer from 5 and 15. The first surfactant may have a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of from 12 to 13.5.