Abstract
This chapter reviews the product and process for synthetic base stocks produced from chemicals of well-defined chemical structures and in processes tailored to optimize important properties and performance features. These synthetic base stocks are critical components used in the formulation of many synthetic lubricants. (In this chapter, we use “synthetic base stock“ to represent the base fluid and “synthetic lubricant“ to represent formulated, finished lubricant product.) At the start of this chapter, we briefly discuss the background and the driving force for using synthetic lubricants. The major part of the chapter discusses the key synthetic base stocks chemistry, synthesis processes, properties, their applications in synthetic lubricant formulation and advantages compared to petroleum-derived base stocks. Many U.S. base oil manufacturers and formulators include some Group
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