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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
James N Vinci, Mayfield Hts., OH (US);
Robert E Quinn, Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Lubrizol Corporation, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M / ; C10M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252 18 ; 252 25 ; 252 33 ; 252 38 ; 252 39 ; 252 41 ;
Abstract
A method for reducing friction between railroad wheel and railway track is disclosed comprising applying to the railway track a composition comprising an overbased non-Newtonian colloidal disperse system comprising: (1) solid metal-containing colloidal particles predispersed in (2) a disperse medium of at least one inert organic liquid and (3) at least one member selected from the class consisting of organic compounds which are substantially soluble in the disperse medium, the molecules of said organic compound being characterized by polar substituents and hydrophobic portions.