Abstract:
The base oil for a lubricant composition comprises 50 to 88% by weight of a naphthenic oil of S.U.S. viscosity 50 to 80 at 210 DEG F. and V.I. of 30 to 60, 10 to 40% by weight of a solvent extract of S.U.S. viscosity 100 to 175 at 210 DEG F. and V.I. of -100 to 0, and 2 to 15% by weight of propane precipitated resin of S.U.S. viscosity 1000 to 10,000 at 210 DEG F. and V.I. of 100 to 150. The oil may be thickened into a grease with 5 to 30% by weight of a mixture of calcium acetate and the calcium salt of a C7 to C12 acid with or without the calcium salt of a C14 to C30 fatty acid or hydroxy-fatty acid. Calcium may be replaced by barium, strontium or magnesium. Suitable C7 to C12 acids include capric, caprylic, pelargonic and lansic acids. Suitable C14 to C30 acids include stearic acid, 12-hydroxy-stearic acid, oleic acid, tallow acids and hydrogenated fish oil acids. Part of the acetic acid may be replaced by hydrochloric, nitric, sulphuric, or orthophosphonic acid, spent acids from a sulphonation process, or dithiodialkyl phosphonic acid containing C3 to C10 alkyl groups. The compositions may also include alkaline earth metal, or alkali metal (e.g. sodium or lithium) nitrites, phosphates, chromates or carbonates; phenyl-alpha-naphthylamine; sorbitan mono-oleate; polyethylene and polypropylene; or aluminium hydroxy stearate.