Synthesis and tribological testing of poly(methyl methacrylate) particles containing encapsulated organic friction modifier

The tribological behaviour of polymer particles containing an encapsulated, organic friction modifier (FM) is presented. Particles comprising of a poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) shall and a methanol core, into which FM was dissolved, were produced via a dispersion polymerization producing a core-shell morphology. The inclusion of these particles dramatically increased the overall concentration of FM which could be blended into dodecane. The tribological behaviour of the particles produced, both with and without encapsulated FM, was tribologically tested in pure dodecane. The addition of as little as 1.5 wt% particles was found to decrease the friction coefficient and measured wear volumes below those for dodecane saturated with FM. Data suggests that the FM delivery method may be dominated by a bursting mechanism

Recent Development on Biodegradable Nanolubricant: A Review

Naturally, biodegradable oil has better viscosity index, pour point, flash point, good tribology properties and its environmental friendly. Even though biodegradable lubricant is one of the best choice for lubrication purposes, however the properties are slightly lesser than mineral oil. A common solution for this problem is to provide effective additives into the base stock of biodegradable oil which leads to significant improvement to the lubricant by enhancing thermal properties, tribological properties and anti-oxidation capability. Nanoparticles are a type of effective additives which provides promising approach to enhance the biodegradable lubricant's properties. In this article, we reviewed the current progress and recently published data related to biodegradable lubricant, nanoparticles and its improvement on the biodegradable lubricant properties

Recent development on biodegradable nanolubricant: A review

Naturally, biodegradable oil has better viscosity index, pour point, flash point, good tribology properties and its environmental friendly. Even though biodegradable lubricant is one of the best choice for lubrication purposes, however the properties are slightly lesser than mineral oil. A common solution for this problem is to provide effective additives into the base stock of biodegradable oil which leads to significant improvement to the lubricant by enhancing thermal properties, tribological properties and anti-oxidation capability. Nanoparticles are a type of effective additives which provides promising approach to enhance the biodegradable lubricant's properties. In this article, we reviewed the current progress and recently published data related to biodegradable lubricant, nanoparticles and its improvement on the biodegradable lubricant properties