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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.7.8

Studies on the synthesis and characteristics of calcium sulfonate complex grease  

Woo, Jaegu (LUBCHEM Co., Ltd.)
Lee, Dongkyu (ORCHEM Co., Ltd.)
Ha, KiRyong (Department of Chemical Engineering, Keimyung University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.7, 2019 , pp. 8-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we synthesized a calcium sulfonate complex grease and a lithium complex grease to investigate their physical, rheological and tribological properties. The thermal stability of the calcium sulfonate was higher than $300^{\circ}C$ and the lithium complex grease was $245^{\circ}C$ in the dropping point test. In the grease viscosity measurement, the calcium sulfonate complex grease was measured as $7.0Pa{\cdot}s$ and the lithium complex grease was as $4.5Pa{\cdot}s$. Therefore, it was confirmed that the calcium sulfonate complex grease is superior to the lithium complex grease in terms of thermal stability and cohesiveness. In the 4-ball wear test, the calcium sulfonate complex grease was measured to be 0.43 mm and the lithium complex grease to 0.85 mm. In the 4-ball extreme pressure test, calcium sulfonate complex grease was measured as 620 kgf and the lithium complex grease was as 125 kgf. Therefore, it was confirmed that the calcium sulfonate complex grease is superior to the lithium complex grease in abrasion resistance and load-bearing property. It was found that the calcium sulfonate complex grease is more effective than the lithium complex grease in the lubrication at high temperature and high load.
Keywords
Lubricants; Grease; Lithium Cmplex Grease; Calcium Sulfonate Complex Grease; Tribology;
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