Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR INCREASING THE ALKALINE EARTH METAL RATIO OF AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL CARBONATE OVERBASED ALKALINE EARTH METAL SULFONATE LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION COMPRISING INTRODUCING INTO A LUBRICATING OIL MEDIUM CONTAINING A COLLOIDAL-LIKE DISPERSION OF AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL CARBONATE OVERBASED ALKALINE EARTH METAL SULFONATE, AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL HYDROXIDE AND BORIC ACID AND SUBSEQUENTLY CONTACTING THE RESULTANT MIXTURE WITH CARBON DIOXIDE.