In lubricating grease

Metal deactivator To form inactive protective films on metal surfaces which otherwise might catalyse oxidation and corrosion reactions Trialkyl and triaryl phosphites, organic dihydroxyphosphines, some active sulphur compounds, diamines in lubricating greases, mercaptobenzothiazole and phosphites... 

Lithium compounds are used in ceramics, lubricants, and medicine. Small daily doses of lithium carbonate are an effective treatment for bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder but scientists still do not fully understand why. Lithium soaps—the lithium salts of long-chain carboxylic acids—are used as thickeners in lubricating greases for high-temperature applications because they have higher melting points than more conventional sodium and potassium soaps. 

Rosin. Rosin is used mainly in some modified form. Because the abietic-type acids in rosin each contain a carboxyl group and double bonds, they are reactive and can be used to produce salts, soaps, esters, amines, amides, nitriles, and Diels Alder adducts and they can be isomerized, disproportionated, hydrogenated, dimerized, and polymerized. When destructively distilled, rosin produces a viscous liquid, termed rosin oil, used in lubricating greases. 

Barry, H.F. and Binkelman, J.P., Evaluation of Molybdenum Disulfide in Lubricating Greases, NLGI Spokesman, 30, 45, (1966). 

Antony, J.P., Mittal, B.D., Naithani, K.P., Misra, A.K. and Bhatnagar, A.K., Antiwear/Extreme Pressure Performance of Graphite and Molybdenum Disulfide Combinations in Lubricating Greases, Wear, 174, 33, (1994). 

Lithium soaps, which have higher melting points than sodium and potassium soaps, are used as thickeners in lubricating greases for high-temperature applications. 

Heavy-metal soaps (loosely called metallic soaps) are those formed by metals heavier than sodium (aluminum, calcium, cobalt, lead, and zinc). These soaps are not water soluble specific types are used in lubricating greases, gel thickeners, and in paints as driers and flatting agents. Napalm is an aluminum soap. See saponification detergent. 

Petroleum jelly a translucent, yellowish to amber or white, hydrocarbon substance (m.p. 38-54°C) having almost no odor or taste derived from petroleum and used principally in medicine and pharmacy as a protective dressing and as a substitute for fats in ointments and cosmetics also used in many types of polishes and in lubricating greases, rust preventives, and modeling clay obtained by dewaxing heavy lubricating-oil stocks. 

Winterburn, G. (1988) Cooperative Test Results of Apparent Viscosity Determination at Low Shear Rates using the Constant Pressure Viscometer, NLGI Spokesman LII (8), 365-372. PoweU, T. W. (1982) Activators for Organophilic Clays in Lubricating Greases, NLGI Spokesman XLVI (8) 269-277. 

TABLE 1—Potential elements found in lubricating grease. 

TABLE 3—Additive concentration results in lubricating grease with organic thickener. 

A lithium salt used in lubricating grease has the formula LiC H2 +i02. The salt is soluble in water to the extent of 0.036 g per 100 g of water at 25 °C. The osmotic pressure of this solution is found to be 57.1 torr. Assuming that molality and molarity in such a dilute solution are the same and that the lithium salt is completely dissociated in the solution, determine an appropriate value of 11 in the formula for the salt. 

The early developments in this field have been reviewed [6]. The earliest mention of negative that we have encountered for any system was by Hutton [35], who measured normal stresses in lubricating greases. He concluded that this strange behavior was a manifestation of a directional effect, involving the gap-setting servomechanism. When this mechanism was switched off, a more regular type of result was obtained. ... 

A lithium salt used in lubricating grease has the formula LiC H2 + i02. The salt is soluble in water to the extent of... 

J.F. Hutton, "On Using the Weissenberg Rheogoniometer to Measure Normal Stresses in Lubricating Greases as Examples of Materials which have a Yield Stress." Rheol. Acta., 14, 979-992 (1975). 

Ifthfum oxide Li20 (lithia). A white crystalline compound m.p., 1,700°C used in lubricating greases, ceramics, and glass. 

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