Ionic liquids as tribological performance improving additive for in-service and used fully-formulated diesel engine lubricants

In recent years, several papers have been published that investigate the potential use of ionic liquids (ILs) as additives in lubricants. However, corrosive attack of ILs on lubricated metal surfaces and low miscibility of ILs in the non-polar oils are major obstacles to maintaining an optimum lubrication performance level. High miscibility and no corrosive behaviour of Trihexyltetradecyl phosphonium bis(2,4,4-tri-methylpentyl) phosphinate and Trihexyltetradecyl phosphonium bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate, as lubricating oil additives have recently been described in literature. This article presents work on using these phosphonium based ILs as an additive in the fully formulated diesel engine lubricants. This approach could allow the used lubricants to recover their tribological performance for further use at the end of service life. This extension of service life has the potential to generate significant economic and environmental benefits. Also it will add to the much needed knowledge about the effect of interaction between ILs and existing additives in engine-aged lubricants on the tribological performance of ring-liner tribo-system of diesel engines. Results revealed an improvement in friction and antiwear performance of used lubricant by addition of both ILs. However an increase in wear was noted for new (fresh) and in-service lubricant samples. An interesting interference between existing lubricant additives and added ILs in a boundary film formation process has been observed

A Systematic Study on Energy Dependence of Quasi-Periodic Oscillation Frequency in GRS 1915+105

Systematically studying all the RXTE/PCA observations for GRS 1915+105 before November 2010, we have discovered three additional patterns in the relation between Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) frequency and photon energy, extending earlier outcomes reported by Qu et al. (2010). We have confirmed that as QPO frequency increases, the relation evolves from the negative correlation to positive one. The newly discovered patterns provide new constraints on the QPO models

Stochastic processes with finite correlation time: modeling and application to the generalized Langevin equation

The kangaroo process (KP) is characterized by various forms of the covariance and can serve as a useful model of random noises. We discuss properties of that process for the exponential, stretched exponential and algebraic (power-law) covariances. Then we apply the KP as a model of noise in the generalized Langevin equation and simulate solutions by a Monte Carlo method. Some results appear to be incompatible with requirements of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem because probability distributions change when the process is inserted into the equation. We demonstrate how one can construct a model of noise free of that difficulty. This form of the KP is especially suitable for physical applications.Comment: 22 pages (RevTeX) and 4 figure

Ionic liquids as an additive in fully formulated wind turbine gearbox oils

This work presents the friction and wear behaviour of two fully formulated (polyalphaolefin- and mineral-based) wind turbine gearbox oils separately additivated with two ionic liquids ([Choline][NTf2] and [BMP][NTf2]) at 5wt% concentration. A tribometer using a ball-on-plate reciprocating configuration is adopted for friction and wear experiments. Friction is measured during tests and the worn surface is measured and analysed by confocal microscopy, SEM, EDS and XPS. The friction and wear results show that both ionic liquids used as an additive have a slight friction modifier character but a strong wear reducing performance, with [BMP][NTf2] performing better than [Choline][NTf2]. In addition, EDS and XPS analysis demonstrated the temperature-related chemical interactions and their influence on tribological behaviour

Multi-scale Designed CoxMn3–xO4 Spinels : Smart Pre-Catalysts towards High-Efficiency Pyrolysis-Catalysis Recycling of Waste Plastics

Acknowledgements M. W. and A. W. highly acknowledge the funding by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the NexPlas project (project number: 03SF0618B). Y. S. Z is grateful for financial supports provided by the Royal Society of Chemistry Enablement Grant (E21-5819318767) and Royal Society of Chemistry Mobility Grant (M19-2899).Peer reviewedPostprin

Ionic liquids as a neat lubricant applied to steel-steel contacts

This paper studies the use of 3 ionic liquids ([(NEMM)MOE][FAP], [BMP][FAP] and [BMP][NTf2]) as neat lubricant within steel-steel contact conditions. Tribological tests (at 40 and 100 C) were conducted in a HFRR tribometer and hence a complementary study was developed using a MTM tribometer. The wear surface on the discs was measured after the HFRR tests by confocal microscopy and also analyzed by SEM and XPS. The [BMP][NTf2] showed the lowest friction coefficient in the MTM and HFRR tests at 40 C but at 100 C its tribological behavior worsened due to its lowest viscosity. Similar results were found for wear behavior. Both antifriction and antiwear results were related to the tribofilms formation from the ECR and XPS measurements. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd

Isoconversional kinetic analysis applied to five phosphoniumcation-based ionic liquids

Thermal degradation of five phosphonium cation-based ionic liquids ([P66614][BEHP], [P66614][(iC8)2PO2],[P66614][NTf2], [P44414][DBS] and [P4442][DEP]) was studied using dynamic methodology (25–600◦C at 5,10 and 20◦C/min) in both inert (nitrogen) and reactive (oxygen) atmospheres. In addition, isothermalexperiments (90 min at 200, 225 and 250◦C) were carried out with [P66614][(iC8)2PO2]. Results indicatethat thermal stability is clearly dominated by the coordination ability of the anion, with [P66614][NTf2] out-performing the other ones in both pyrolytic and oxidising conditions. Although the thermal degradationmechanism is affected by atmospheric conditions, the degradation trend remains practically constant.As the dynamic methodology usually overestimates the long-term thermal stability, an isoconversionalmethodology is better for predicting the long-term thermal stability of these ionic liquids in order to beused as base oil or additive in lubricants formulation. Finally, the model-free methodology can predict atlower costs the ILs performance in isothermal conditions

Partial Wave Analysis of J/ψ→γ(K+K−π+π−)J/\psi \to \gamma (K^+K^-\pi^+\pi^-)

BES data on $J/\psi \to \gamma (K^+K^-\pi^+\pi^-)$ are presented. The $K^*\bar K^*$ contribution peaks strongly near threshold. It is fitted with a broad $0^{-+}$ resonance with mass $M = 1800 \pm 100$ MeV, width $\Gamma = 500 \pm 200$ MeV. A broad $2^{++}$ resonance peaking at 2020 MeV is also required with width $\sim 500$ MeV. There is further evidence for a $2^{-+}$ component peaking at 2.55 GeV. The non-$K^*\bar K^*$ contribution is close to phase space; it peaks at 2.6 GeV and is very different from $K^{*}\bar{K^{*}}$.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, Submitted to PL

Two phosphonium cation-based ionic liquids as lubricant additive to a polyalphaolefin base oil

This paper studies the tribological performance of two phosphonium cation-based ionic liquids: trihexyltetradecylphosphonium bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl) phosphinate ([P6,6,6,14][(iC8)2PO2]) and trihexyltetradecylphosphonium bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate ([P6,6,6,14][BEHP]), as lubricant additive at 1 wt% to a polyalphaolefin. A comparison of their tribological behavior was made to that of one type of zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP). Stribeck curve tests were made in a Mini Traction Machine (MTM) tribometer at entrainment speeds ranging from 2000 to 10 mm/s, 30 N-load, slide-to-roll ratio (SRR) of 50%, and temperatures of 40, 60, 80 and 100 °C. Tribofilm formation tests were also conducted in the MTM at 100 °C, load of 50 N, entrainment speed of 150 mm/s, SRR of 50%, and duration of 60 min. Additionally, reciprocating 60-min wear tests at 60 N-load, frequency of 15 Hz, stroke length of 4 mm and at room temperature were performed with IL-containing mixtures at 0.5 and 1 wt%. Coefficient of friction was recorded during the tests, and wear on the discs surface was measured using confocal microscopy. SEM-EDS and XPS were also used for studying the lubricant-surface interactions after these tests. Lubricants including [P6,6,6,14][(iC8)2PO2] exhibited better tribological performance than [P6,6,6,14][BEHP] ones and close to the ZDDP results. SEM images of worn surfaces exhibited evidence of plastic deformation and adhesive wear and EDS analysis showed that only active elements (P, S, Zn) were detected for mixtures containing ZDDP. XPS analysis indicated a different lubrication mechanism of the blends with ionic liquids compared with the ZDDP ones

System Size and Energy Dependence of Jet-Induced Hadron Pair Correlation Shapes in Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 and 62.4 GeV

We present azimuthal angle correlations of intermediate transverse momentum (1-4 GeV/c) hadrons from {dijets} in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 62.4 and 200 GeV. The away-side dijet induced azimuthal correlation is broadened, non-Gaussian, and peaked away from \Delta\phi=\pi in central and semi-central collisions in all the systems. The broadening and peak location are found to depend upon the number of participants in the collision, but not on the collision energy or beam nuclei. These results are consistent with sound or shock wave models, but pose challenges to Cherenkov gluon radiation models.Comment: 464 authors from 60 institutions, 6 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Submitted to Physical Review Letters. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.htm