Levulinic-capped estolides having improved physical properties that make them more desirable and suitable as bio-based industrial or commercial products are disclosed. The physical properties of the disclosed estolide compositions have surprisingly low pour points that are substantially lower than previously known estolide compounds and superior to petroleum-based compounds designed for similar applications.

A lubricating oil composition including: a lubricating base oil; (A) a dispersant poly(meth)acrylate compound having a weight average molecular weight of 30,000 to 200,000 in an amount of 1 to 10 mass % on the basis of the total mass of the composition; and (B) a non-dispersant poly(meth)acrylate compound having a weight average molecular weight of 15,000 to 100,000 in an amount of no more than 15 mass % on the basis of the total mass of the composition, wherein the ratio MA/MB of the amount MA of the component (A) to the amount MB of the component (B) is 0.05 to 1; and the ratio MwB/MwA of the weight average molecular weight MwB of the component (B) to the weight average molecular weight MwA of the component (A) is 0.05 to 2.

A process for the preparation of a composition comprising amine-containing phosphate glycerides including: phosphorylating a solution which comprises mixed glycerides that contain fatty acid portions and an amine under conditions which are substantially water-free and under which said phosphorous pentoxide reacts with reactive constituents in said solution to form said amine-containing phosphate glycerides and a lubricating composition comprising a lubricant, the aforesaid composition in an amount which improves the properties of the lubricating composition, and optionally one or more other constituents which improve the properties of the lubricating composition.

A macromonomer precursor is provided that includes a polymeric chain derived from farnesene and a single functional terminal end. The functional terminal end may include a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an epoxy group, an isocyanato group, or a carboxylic acid group. The terminal end of the macromonomer precursor may then be reacted with a (meth)acrylate to form a macromonomer having a (meth)acrylate functionalized terminal end that may be (co)polymerized with radically polymerizable monomers, such as alkyl(meth)acrylate monomers. Alternatively, a copolymer may be obtained by first deriving a poly(meth)acrylate from (meth)acrylate monomers having reactive groups that would allow the macromonomer precursors to be grafted onto the poly(meth)acrylate in a second step. The resulting copolymer may be incorporated as an additive in various formulations, such as a lubricant, a hydraulic fluid, a cosmetic composition, and an adhesive composition.

A phosphate ester composition comprising more than 50 mass % of a phosphate ester represented by Formula 1, wherein X, Y, and Z are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl or aryl, with at least one of X, Y and Z being aryl, represented by Formula 2, and wherein two or more of R3, R4 and R5 have from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and the total number of carbon atoms in R3, R4 and R5 is from 3 to 30. The use of the phosphate ester composition as a flame retardant, a lubricant, an anti-wear additive, a hydraulic fluid, a self-extinguishing functional fluid, or an additive thereof. ##STR00001##

Provided is a lubricant composition which is excellent in thermal stability and chemical stability while making it possible to detect a leakage point of the lubricant composition, etc. with a fluorescent agent. The lubricant composition is one containing a base oil (A) and a fused ring compound (B) being fluorescent, having a tri- or higher fused ring, and not having nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur in a molecule thereof, wherein the fused ring compound (B) is contained in an amount of 0.001 to 1.0% by mass on a basis of the whole amount of the lubricant composition.

Embodiments of the present disclosure directed towards synthetic lubricant compositions. In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides a synthetic lubricant compositions including an aromatic amine antioxidant comprising 0.25 to 5 weight percent of a total weight of the synthetic lubricant composition, dithiocarbamate antioxidant comprising 0.25 to 5 weight percent of the total weight of the synthetic lubricant composition, and a polyalkylene glycol PAG comprising 99.25 to 85 weight percent of the total weight of the synthetic lubricant composition, where the synthetic lubricant composition has a total acidic number (TAN) increase of 2 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of the synthetic lubricant composition over 27 days or greater as measured in accordance with modified ASTM D-664, and where the synthetic lubricant composition does not include any of a Group I, II, III, IV base oil.

The present invention provides an electrorheological fluid, which includes a dielectric particle, a conductor particle and insulating oil, and the dielectric particle is evenly dispersed in the insulating oil; wherein the conductor particle is evenly dispersed in the insulating oil or inlaid in an interior and on a surface of the dielectric particle. The electrorheological fluid has the advantages of high shear stress, long service life, good temperature stability and small leakage current.

There is disclosed an antifoam component for a mechanical device which includes a fluorinated poly(acrylate) copolymer. The antifoam component has improved foam performance and thermal stability in finished fluids, such as driveline fluids.

It is an object of this invention to provide a lubricant additive applicable integrally to all of different types of lubricants for various applications. A lubricant additive adapted to be blended to a lubricating oil, which is characterized by comprising a synthesized base oil of the polyolester type, the content of which to be contained in the lubricant additive is in a range of from 30.0 w/w % to 60.0 w/w %, calcium sulfonate containing calcium carbonate formed in the calcite crystal structure, the content of which to be contained in the lubricant additive is in a range of from 5.0 w/w % to 30.0 w/w %, a poly-alpha-olefin oligomer, an anti-oxidant of the zinc dithiophosphate type, succinimide, an extreme pressure agent of the thiadiazole type and an anti-oxidant of the phenol type, is provided.