Abstract
The hydrocarbon composition of base oils produced by different processes—hydrotreatments (hydrocracking and wax isomerization), solvent refining plus hydrofinishing, and severe hydrofinishing—were determined by 13C n.m.r. spectroscopy. Structural parameters such as normal and iso-paraffin contents, average chain length and number of branching sites were estimated by new equations derived after complete assignment of signals in the 5–21 ppm 13C n.m.r. region. Quantitative differences in various types of branched structures among different categories of base oils were established. Relations between specific iso-paraffinic structures responsible for very high viscosity index and low pour point are discussed in terms of mobility behaviour and spin-lattice relaxation time measurements.
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