| Biofriendly Lubricants from Renewable Resources | ||
| Sven Eichholz1, Marcel A. Liauw1, Corinna Brinkmann2, Bibiane Erlenkaemper2 and Adolf Eisentraeger2, (1)ITMC, RWTH Aachen, Worringerweg 1, Aachen, D-52056, Germany, (2)Institut fur Umwelthygiene, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany In a Collaborative Research Center (SFB), biofriendly lubricants are synthesized by modifying renewable resources like e.g. methyloleate (OME) to methyl- 10(9)-hydroxy-9(10)isobutoxyoctadecanoate (HISM). The research includes the synthesis of the lubricants, their characterisation with respect to degradability and toxicity, but also to their tribological characteristics. Various institutes of two departments are involved with strong interactions. Careful analysis of the results indicates how synthesis conditions influence the product composition, and how this in turn influences the fluid properties. Extended Abstract Status: Not Uploaded | ||