Solutia Incorporated

Monsanto Company

Timothy K Hirzel

David C Silverman

Dennis J Kalota

Yueting Chou

Jacob S Tou

Liou-Liang Horng

Winsor R Cho

Keith M Taylor

A phosphate ester-based functional fluid composition incorporating at least one erosion inhibitor selected from the erosion inhibitors of the invention. The phosphate ester-based functional fluids are particularly useful as aviation hydraulic fluids.

Functional fluid compositions containing erosion inhibitors

This invention relates to novel water soluble metal working fluid compositions, their use to work metal, a process for working metal using such compositions and the metal worked article of manufacture. More particularly, this invention relates to fluid compositions useful in cutting, grinding, shaping and other metal working operations which require a lubricant. The terms &ldquo;first Group A&rdquo; and &ldquo;second Group B&rdquo; are used herein to denote different groups and not to indicate any sequence of use or selection as any possible combination or sequence of use of a component(s) is envisioned without limit of any kind. The disclosed fluid compositions are also anticorrosive and environmentally more acceptable than current oil based fluids. There has now been discovered an essentially odorless, substantially non-oil misting, water-soluble metal working fluid comprising at least one component selected from a first Group A herein and optionally one or more components selected from a second Group B herein preferably with the balance of the composition being water and other (optional) minor ingredients. When a component is employed from Group A and a component is employed from Group B the action of the combination generally enhances performance of the resulting combination with contain moieties from both Group A and Group B.

Water soluble metal working fluids

Substituted-butanediperoxoic acids are produced by peroxidizing substituted succinic anhydride in a strong acid reaction medium in the presence of a reaction modifier. Product throughput is improved and product recovery is enhanced. The substituted-butanediperoxoic acids are particularly useful as bleaching agents.

Process for producing diperoxoic acids

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Timothy K Hirzel