HIGHLY BRANCHED SULFONATES FOR DRIVE-LINE APPLICATIONS

• Main Authors: FRIEND, CHRISTOPHER, BUTKE, BETSY J, ROSKI, JAMES P, HOLLINGSHURST, CLAIRE, NICHOLS, WILLIS P, SEDDON, ELISA J, SCHWIND, JAMES J, TIPTON, CRAIG D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.12.2009
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; FUELS; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS C10M RELATING TO LUBRICATINGCOMPOSITIONS; LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS; METALLURGY; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATINGINGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION

A lubricant composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and an oil-soluble branched-chain hydrocarbyl-substituted arenesulfonic acid salt, wherein the arenesulfonic moiety has at least one hydrocarbyl substituent which is a highly branched group as defined by having a Chi(0)/Shadow XY rat...