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Industrial lubricants

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Industrial lubricants

Hypoid gear lubricant

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A gear lubricant having extreme pressure characteristics for use with a hypoid type of gear as in the differential of an automobile.

Hydrostatic lubrication

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A system of lubrication in which the lubricant is supplied under sufficient external pressure to separate the opposing surfaces by a fluid film.

Hydrometer

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

An instrument for determining either the specific gravity of a liquid or the API gravity.

Hydrolytic stability

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Ability of additives and certain synthetic lubricants to resist chemical decomposition (hydrolysis) in the presence of water.

Hydrolysis

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

Breakdown process that occurs in anhydrous hydraulic fluids as a result of heat, water, and metal catalysts (iron, steel, copper, etc. )

Hydrogenation

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

In refining, the chemical addition of hydrogen to a hydrocarbon in the presence of a catalyst; a severe form of hydrogen treating. Hydrogenation may be either destructive or non-destructive. In the ...

Hydrofinishing

Industrial machinery; Industrial lubricants

A process for treating raw extracted base stocks with hydrogen to saturate them for improved stability.

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