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Synthetic base stock:
Synthetic oil is a lubricant consisting of chemical compounds that are artificially made. Synthetic lubricants can be manufactured using chemically modified petroleum components.
PAO: These are hydrogenated olefin oligomers manufactured by the polymerization of linear alpha-olefins.
They have well defined wax-free iso-paraffinic structures, which offer good low-temperature properties,
high viscosity index (VI), low volatility and improved thermal stability. These API Group IV fluids are well
suited for all lubricant applications requiring good stability under extreme operating conditions.
mPAO: These products use metallocene catalyst technology to provide PAOs with a more uniform,
comb-like structure and narrow molecular weight distribution to provide improved VI, low temperature
and shear stability properties.
AN: These are manufactured through the alkylation of naphthalene with linear alpha-olefins. The resulting
API Group V fluids offer very good thermal, oxidative and hydrolytic stability.
Esters: Combination of alcohols and acids are used to make organic esters that have various features, such
as high thermal and oxidative stability, low volatility, lubricity, solvency.
