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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
May. 08, 2001
Cyril A. Migdal, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Paul E. Stott, Southbury, CT (US);
Victor N. Bakunin, Moscow, RU;
Oleg P. Parenago, Moscow, RU;
Galina N. Kuz'mina, Moscow, RU;
Ludmila M. Vedeneeva, Moscow, RU;
Andrei Yu Suslov, Moscow, RU;
Cyril A. Migdal, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Paul E. Stott, Southbury, CT (US);
Victor N. Bakunin, Moscow, RU;
Oleg P. Parenago, Moscow, RU;
Galina N. Kuz'mina, Moscow, RU;
Ludmila M. Vedeneeva, Moscow, RU;
Andrei Yu Suslov, Moscow, RU;
Crompton Corporation, Middlebury, CT (US);
Abstract
A lubricant composition is disclosed that comprises: (a) a lubricant and (b) at least one molybdenum-containing compound in the form of surface-capped nanosized particles of the general formula: (Z)(X—R)wherein Z is an inorganic moiety comprising molybdenum and sulfur in the form of particles having dimensions in the range of from about 1 to about 100 nm; (X—R) is a surface-capping reagent wherein R is a Cto Cstraight or branched-chain alkyl or alkylated cycloalkyl radical or radicals and X is a functional group capable of specific sorption and/or chemical interaction with molybdenum/sulfur moiety; n is the number of molecules of Z in the particles; m is an integer representing the amount of surface-capping reagents relative to a single particle; and the ratio of m to n is in the range of from about 1:1 to about 10:1.