Thickened grease composition

摘要

A thickened grease composition is provided by process of heating a mineral oil and 12-hydroxystearic acid with lithium hydroxide and forming a simple lithium grease to which at least one component selected from the group comprising succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, 6-hydroxycaproic acid, dimethyl succinate, dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl adipate, methyl hydroxycaproate, cyclohexanediols, methyl 5-hydroxyvalerate, methyl valerate, gamma butyrolactone, and methyl levulinate or mixtures thereof.

主权项

1. A grease composition comprising:
a) a first component comprising a mineral or synthetic oil; b) lithium hydroxide; and c) a second component comprising from about 10 to about 60 wt. % methyl hydroxycaproate, about 20 to about 95 wt. % dimethyl adipate, about 1 to about 10 wt. % dimethyl glutarate, about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % dimethyl succinate, about 0.1 to about 7 wt. % cyclohexanediols, about 0.01 to about 7 wt. % methyl 5-hydroxyvalerate, about 0.01 to about 5 wt. % gamma butyrolactone, and about 0.01 to about 10 wt. % methyl levulinate.