Lubricant Additives ─ Chemistry and Applications

This expanded edition describes lubricant additives, their synthesis, chemistry, mode of action, and laboratory and field test results. Specific chapters cover all the important major areas of application for the lubricant additives, which ones are needed for a particular application and laboratory, and field performance data in each application. The third section of the book covers trends and industry needs in major industry segments, including increasing or declining usage of certain additives, and growth of a particular lubricant sector.

Leslie R. Rudnick is president of Designed Materials LLC. He previously served as the technical director at Ultrachem Inc., was a senior scientist at The Pennsylvania State University Energy Institute, and worked for several Fortune 500 companies. An STLE fellow and ACS member, he serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Synthetic Lubrication and is the co/author and co/editor of over 100 journal articles, book chapters, and books. He holds 29 US patents as well as a BS from the University of Iowa and an MS and Ph.D from Rutgers University.