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NANOPARTICLE ADDITIVES AND LUBRICANT FORMULATIONS CONTAINING THE NANOPARTICLE ADDITIVES

  • US 20080161213A1
  • Filed: 01/03/2007
  • Published: 07/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reducing a friction coefficient adjacent a lubricated surface, comprising providing an amount of metal-containing nanoparticles dispersed in a fully formulated lubricant composition containing a base oil of lubricating viscosity, and applying the lubricant composition containing the metal-containing nanoparticles to a surface to be lubricated, wherein the nanoparticles are represented by the formula (Aa)m(Bb)nXx, wherein each of A, B is selected from a metal, X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur, subscripts a, b, and x represent compositional stoichiometry, and each of m and n is greater than or equal to zero with the proviso that at least one of m and n is greater than zero, and wherein the nanoparticles have an average particles size ranging from about 1 to about 10 nanometers.

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