Abstract:
In order to sort microscopic particles according to size which are contained in a supporting medium, portions of the supporting medium with suspended particles repeatedly flow with alternating reversal of flow direction through a barrier device (130) between at least two chambers of a separating device (100), whereby the barrier device (130) has pores with an axial shaping in which net forces are exerted on the particles in the flowing supporting medium so that the particles accumulate according to size on the opposite sides of the barrier device. During flow, a net transport speed of the particles according to particle size is adjusted by the superposition of the movement of flow in the pores having the thermal diffusion of the particles.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a block copolymer prepared by ATRP, wherein the polymer chain terminal group is structurally modified with the functionally effective group of a lubricant or polymer additive selected from the group consisting of antioxidants, metal deactivators, antiwear and extreme pressure additives and corrosion inhibitors. The invention also relates to a composition comprising the structurally modified block copolymer and a composition of matter subject to oxidative, thermal or light induced degradation, such as lubricants or polymers.
Abstract:
The invention relates to improved compositions based on lubricants and comprising succinic acid semi-amides and to the use of those lubricant compositions in improving the use properties of lubricants, such as hydraulic or metal-working fluids, greases, gear oils or engine oils.