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Industrial lubricants

AC fine test dust (ACFTD)

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A test contaminant used to assess both philtres and the contaminant sensitivity of all types of tribological mechanisms.

Accumulator

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A container in which fluid is stored under pressure as a source of fluid power.

Acid number

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The quantity of base, expressed in milligrammes of potassium hydroxide, that is required to neutralise the acidic constituents in 1 g of sample.

Adhesion

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The property of a lubricant that causes it to cling or adhere to a solid surface.

Adhesive wear

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Is often referred to as galling, scuffing, scoring, or seizing. It happens when sliding surfaces contact one another, causing fragments to be pulled from one surface and to adhere to the other.

Adsorbent philtre

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A philtre medium primarily intended to hold soluble and insoluble contaminants on its surface by molecular adhesion.

Additive stability

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

The ability of additives in the fluid to resist changes in their performance during storage or use.

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