Process Chemistry of Lubricants Book

Preface
Introduction
Base Stocks: General Base Stocks from Crudes Base Stock Properties Feedstocks and Base Stocks: General Compositional Aspects API Base Stock Classifications Viscosity Grades for Industrial Lubricants Society for Automotive Engineers Viscosity Classification for Engine Oils API Engine Oil Classifications
Viscosity, Pour Points, Boiling Points, and Chemical Structure
Viscosity Pour Points and Chemical Structure Boiling Points and Structure
Development of the Viscosity Index Concept and Relationship to Hydrocarbon Composition
Viscosity Index Viscosity Index and Composition
Compositional Methods
Introduction n-d-M Method Density and Viscosity Relationships: The Viscosity-Gravity Constant Refractive Index and Density: Refractivity Intercept Refractive Index and Reciprocal of Carbon Number n-d-M Method: Development NMR Spectroscopy: Background
¹H and ¹³C Applications Wax Analyses Some ¹³C NMR Applications
Oxidation Resistance of Base Stocks
Introduction Studies of Solvent Refined Base Stocks Impact of Aromatics and Sulfur Levels Lubricant Performance, Composition, and the Trend to Hydrocracked Base Stocks
Conventional Base Stock Production: Solvent Refining, Solvent Dewaxing, and Finishing
Solvent Refining Solvent Dewaxing Finishing Solvent Refining Lube Base Stocks
Lubes Hydrocracking
Introduction Group II Base Stock Production Group III Base Stocks
Chemistry of Hydroprocessing
Introduction Hydrodearomatization HDA: Kinetic Aspects HDA: Equilibria HDA: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Formation Hydrodesulfurization Hydrodenitrification Hydrocracking Process Modeling
Urea Dewaxing and the BP Catalytic Process
Introduction Wax Composition and Properties Urea Dewaxing Urea Dewaxing: Commercial Applications The BP Catalytic Dewaxing Process
Dewaxing by Hydrocracking and Hydroisomerization
Dewaxing by Wax Cracking Dewaxing by Hydroisomerization
Technical and Food Grade White Oils and Highly Refined Paraffins
White Oils Refined Waxes
Base Stocks From Fischer-Tropsch Wax and The Gas-to-Liquids Process
The Fischer-Tropsch Process Product Distributions Base Stock Properties GTL Processes
¹³C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Applications to Fischer-Tropsch Base Stocks