Abstract:
A CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR SULFURIZING POLYBUTENES FOR USE IN METAL WORKING LUBRICANTS, AND A REACTOR FOR USE IN CARRYING OUT THE CONTINUOUS PROCESS, INCLUDING INTRODUCING MOLTEN SULFUR AND POLYBUTENES INTO AND ENCLOSED CHAMBER WHERE FLOW THERETHROUGH IS INTERCEPTED TO PROVIDE A SERIES OF REACTION ZONES, MIXING TO PROVIDE INTIMATE CONTACT IN AT LEAST EACH ZONE SITUATED IN THE INITIAL ONE THIRD OF THE CHAMBER VOLUME, RECYCLING SULFUR COLLECTING ON THE BOTTOM OF AT LEAST THE ZONES IN THE INITIAL ONE THIRD OF THE VOLUME, ALLOWING FLOW FROM ONE ZONE TO ANOTHER, MAINTAINING THE CHAMBER AT FROM 300*F. TO 400*F. AND COORDINATING THE VARIOUS FLOW RATES AND THE CHAMBER VOLUME WITH THE REACTION TEMPERATURE TO PROVIDE A PREDETERMINED CHAMBER RESIDENCE TIME.
Abstract:
A GREASE OF HIGH TEMPERATURE AND MECHANICAL STABILITY IS PREPARED WITH A LUBRICANT BASE THICKENED TO GREASE CONSISTENCY WITH A REACTION PRODUCT OF AN AROMATIC POLYISOCYANATE AND A BORIC ACID IN COMBINATION WITH FINELY DIVIDED SILICA.
Abstract:
IN A PROCESS FOR FORMING SULFURIZED POLYBUTENES FOR USE IN METAL WORKING OILS INCLUDING REACTING MOLTEN SULFUR WITH LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYBUTENES, STRIPPING TO REMOVE LIGHT UNDERIRABLE COMPONENTS SUCH AS HYDROGEN SULFIDE, VARIOUS MERCAPTANS AND UNREACTED POLYBUTENES, REMOVING ENTRAINED SULFUR AND COOLING TO AMBIENT CONDITIONS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES ENHANCING THE RETENTION OF CHEMICALLY COMBINED SULFUR IN SUCH POLYBUTENES BY MAINTAINING THE PH IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 2.0 TO 5.5 FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO SUBSTANTIALLY STABILIZE THE CHEMICALLY COMBINED SULFUR CONTENT OF THE SULFURIZED POLYBUTENES. SUITABLY, THE PH IS MAINTAINED WITHIN THE RANGE SET FORTH FROM AFTER THE STRIPPING STEP UNTIL AT LEAST THE AMBIENT CONDITIONS ARE REACHED. CONTINUED MAINTENANCE OF THE PH DURING STORAGE IS ALSO DESIRABLE.