Tribology & Lubrication Technology
December 2022
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This issue of the digital TLT is sponsored by
Evonik Oil Additives.
FEATURES
20 MINUTES (STLE MEMBER BONUS CONTENT)
20 Minutes With Tom Oleksiak
This senior manager at Quaker Houghton discusses aluminum hot rolling and how he got into the lubricants industry.
20 MINUTES
20 Minutes With Y P Rao
This advisor for Gulf Oil International Group discusses fluids and how he got into the oil industry.
20 MINUTES
20 Minutes With Lee Hyeung Jin
This team leader of the solution team with DL Chemical discusses bright stock and polybutene.
LUBRICATION FUNDAMENTALS
Used oil analysis fundamentals
A quality oil analysis program with a series of consistently timed samples is key to successful preventive maintenance.
COVER STORY
Sustainable synthetic lubricant base stocks: Significant influence in the move to sustainability
The drive to more sustainable base stocks in lubricant formulations is just getting started.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Open gear lubricants evolve slowly but surely
How do you lubricate a 120-ton gear the height of a four-story building that sits outdoors or in a dusty plant environment, while meeting safety, environmental and operating cost constraints?
TECH BEAT I
Generation of hydrogen using aluminum nanoparticles
Using the right stoichiometry can produce a 90% yield of hydrogen at ambient temperature.
TECH BEAT II
Brushing electrodes to maximize battery life
Direct application of a powder to a lithium metal anode produces a homogeneous layer eliminating the possibility of dendrite formation.
TECH BEAT III
Visualizing atomic-scale friction
Tungsten was used because the metal’s mechanical and thermal properties do not interfere with determining the mechanism for atomic-scale friction.
SOUNDING BOARD
Electric vehicles
Readers share their insights on electric vehicles.