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Krytox fluoroether-based grease pictured alongside a tube of Dow Corning silicone grease (green). Both are often used in laboratories, including in high-vacuum applications, due to their inertness.
Lucas Oil Products, Inc. is an American manufacturer and distributor of automotive oil, additives, and lubricants. It was founded by trucker Forrest Lucas and his wife Charlotte in 1989. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company is a medium size manufacturer of lubricants, including engine oils, greases, gear lubes, as well as problem-solving additives and car ...
Synthetic oil is a lubricant consisting of chemical compounds that are artificially modified or synthesised. Synthetic oil is used as a substitute for petroleum-refined oils when operating in extreme temperature, in metal stamping to provide environmental and other benefits, and to lubricate pendulum clocks .
He was commercially selling synthetic motor oil by 1968. In 1972, AMSOIL 10W-40 Synthetic Motor Oil became the world's first synthetic motor oil to meet American Petroleum Institute requirements, [1] which prompted the company to adopt "The First in Synthetics" as its tagline. The company introduced several other synthetic lubricants that ...
The company was founded in 1986 by John Williams, a synthetic oil developer and later consultant. Due to a customer who said he had never seen purple oil, Williams named the product Royal Purple. [6] Producing synthetic oil using its own additives, [7] the company grew and in 2004 completed a 125,000 square foot production facility in Porter ...
Fun fact: K-Y Jelly, one of the most popular lubricant brands on the market, was created in 1904 and used not for sex, but as a surgical aid. When people did catch on that this jelly could be used ...
Typically lubricants contain 90% base oil (most often petroleum fractions, called mineral oils) and less than 10% additives. Vegetable oils or synthetic liquids such as hydrogenated polyolefins, esters, silicones, fluorocarbons and many others are sometimes used as base oils.
A 2009 study by Indiana University found that 45% of men aged between 18-65 had used a sex toy at least once in their sex life. What Is the Best Lube for the Best Men’s Sex Toys?