Synthetic Lubricants and High-Performance Functional Fluids, 2nd Edition Revised & Expanded (Chemical Industries, Vol 77) (Chemical Industries)

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Synthetic Lubricants and High-Performance Functional Fluids, Second Edition offers state-of-the-art information on all the major synthetic fluids, describing established products as well as highly promising experimental fluids with commercial potential. This second edition contains chapters on polyinternalolefins, polymer esters, refrigeration lubes, polyphenyl ethers, highly refined mineral oils, automotive gear oils and industrial gear oils. The book also assesses automotive, industrial, aerospace, environmental, and commercial trends in Europe, Asia, South America, and the US.

Lubricant Additives: Chemistry and Applications (Chemical Industries)

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Lubricant Additives: Chemistry and Applications (Chemical Industries)

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ASIN: 0824708571

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This text details the design of cost-effective, environmentally friendly lubricant additive technologies and components for the automotive, industrial, manufacturing, food, and aerospace industries. Presenting methods to improve the performance and stability of lubricants, protect metal surfaces against wear, and to control deposits and contaminants such as wear debris, sludge, acids, and peroxides, Lubricant Additives is a worthy addition to libraries used by mechanical, lubrication, chemical, automotive, aerospace, design, aeronautical, heat transfer, and petroleum engineers, tribologists, research and petroleum chemists, lubricant formulators, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines. It also contains a disk displaying current Internet resources for the lubricant industry.

Synthetics, Mineral Oils, and Bio-Based Lubricants: Chemistry and Technology (Chemical Industries)

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Synthetics, Mineral Oils, and Bio-Based Lubricants: Chemistry and Technology (Chemical Industries)

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Lubricant Additives: Chemistry and Applications (Chemical Industries)

ASIN: 1574447238

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As the field of tribology has evolved, the lubrication industry is also progressing at an extraordinary rate. Updating the author's bestselling publication, Synthetic Lubricants and High-Performance Functional Fluids, this book features the contributions of over 60 specialists, ten new chapters, and a new title to reflect the evolving nature of the field- Synthetics, Mineral Oils, and Bio-Based Lubricants: Chemistry and Technology. The book contains chapters on all major lubricant fluids used in a wide range of applications. For each type of lubricant, the authors discuss the historical development, chemistry, properties, performance features, manufacturing, marketing, economics, applications requiring those fluids, and trends in the market. The new chapters cover ground-breaking topics including cyclohydrocarbons, gas-to-liquids (GTL), natural oils as lubricants, chemically modified vegetable oils, the biotechnological enhancement of soybean oil, automatic and continuously variable transmission fluids, environmentally friendly hydraulic fluids, fire-resistant hydraulic fluids, vegetable oil-based engine oils, magnetizable fluids, lubricants for the disk drive industry, fluids for food-grade applications, the critical cleaning of advanced lubricants from surfaces, and diesel automotive trends. In a single, unique volume, Synthetics, Mineral Oils, and Bio-Based Lubricants offers property and performance information of fluids, theoretical and practical background to their current applications, and strong indicators for global market trends that will influence the industry for years to come.

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Lubricants and Lubrication

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ASIN: 3527314970

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This completely revised second edition incorporates the latest data available and reflects the knowledge of one of the largest companies active in the business. The authors take into account the interdisciplinary character of the field, considering aspects of engineering, materials science, chemistry, health and safety. The result is a volume providing chemists and engineers with a clear interdisciplinary introduction and guide to all major lubricant applications, focusing not only on the various products but also on specific application engineering criteria.

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Excellent beginners guide

Lubrication for Industry
Kenneth Bannister
Manufacturer: Industrial Press, Inc.
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ASIN: 0831132787

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With over 70% of bearing failures attributed to ineffective lubrication practices, no one involved in asset management can afford to pass up this new edition! As a clear, concise, practical introduction to the world of industrial lubrication, the second edition dispels the myths surrounding lubrication and helps users develop a keen sense and understanding of how lubrication directly and indirectly impacts machine reliability, availability, and ultimately, the bottom line. What's more, it provides readers with practical advice that will allow them to put in place a viable lubrication management program and effectively troubleshoot lubrication related problems immediately, while offering essential information required to significantly reduce equipment downtime and increase life cycle management. It is a significant source that provides vital information and practical methods not currently taught in trade apprenticeship and engineering programs.

FEATURES
-Formatted in an easy to read style.
-Clarifies the subject matter that is often seen as a "black art", by dispelling its myths.
-Reviews how bearing, lubricant, and lubrication system manufacturers approach the world of lubrication in different ways, and how this affects the reader.
-Delivers easy to understand lubricant requirement calculations that are rarely disclosed by the lubrication companies.
-Explains in a step-by-step process for the first time, exactly how to consistently manually lubricate a bearing.
-Describes how to write an effective Preventive Maintenance job task in objective language to assure consistent work completion every time.
-Explains how lubrication is the cornerstone of perimeter based maintenance. Illustrates to the reader why the grease gun is responsible for so many bearing failures, and how the reader can dramatically increase bearing life with just a few simple steps.

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Dissappointed..........2003-09-12

This book is a basic guide to understand what lubrication is, and an introduction to the terms employed on this subject. There's no useful level of detail for a person that has been more than three months involved in this area in practice.

I disagree with the Editorial Review that describes it as a detailed set of explanations about many items involved in the lubrication process in industry. A basic description is not what I've always understood as a detailed explanation. This review is what made me buy the book; now I know this is not the book for anyone who wants a medium degree of clear information.

Excellent beginners guide.......1998-02-24

As someone without a trained mechanical background, I found the book extremely approachable, entertaining and understandable. Highly recommended.

Metalworking Fluids (Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing)

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Metalworking Fluids (Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing)
Byers
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Cutting and Grinding Fluids, Second Edition

ASIN: 0824792017

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This work provides concise introductory material on metallurgy for the novice, presenting up-to-date information on metalworking fluid technology. Its history, formulation, application, maintenance, testing and governmental regulation are detailed, and a trouble-shooting section is included on the causes of, and cures for, common industrial problems related to metalworking fluids.

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Wait for the new addition .......2004-11-22

the book is a very good review of metal working fluids basics and if you are new to the industry or planning to teach about the industry and or the relations ship of the MWFs to the manufacturing process it is a good investment -- however a new addition is currently being written and a lot of the "nuts and bolts" covered will be different and better

Lubrication Fundamentals, Second Edition (Mechanical Engineering (Marcell Dekker))

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ASIN: 0824705742

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Building on the cornerstone of the first edition, Lubrication Fundamentals Second Edition outlines the emergence of higher performance-specialty application oils and greases and emphasizes the need for lubrication and careful lubricant selection. Thoroughly updated and rewritten since the previous edition reached its 10th printing, the book discusses product basics, machine elements that require lubrication, methods of application, lubricant storage and handling, and lubricant conservation. Keeping the characteristics that made the first edition a classic reference, this second edition provides current information in the format readers have come to trust. About the authors . . . D. M. PIRRO is the Equipment Builder and OEM Manager, ExxonMobil Corporation, Fairfax, Virginia. The author or contributing editor of several scholarly articles on synthetic lubes, environmental awareness applications, grease technology, lubricant interchangeability, and oil analysis, Mr. Pirro is a Certified Lubrication Specialist and a member of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and the Association of Manufacturing Technology. He received the B.S. degree (1978) in mechanical engineering and the B.A. degree (1978) in business administration from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. A. A. WESSOL is a part-time Lubrication Consultant for the ExxonMobil Corporation in Manassas, Virginia. Mr. Wessol retired from the Mobil Corporation after 24 years in various advanced technical positions. The author or coauthor of numerous professional papers on the environmental aspects of lubrication, plant engineering, hydraulics, and pneumatics, he received the B.S. degree (1972) in mathematics, physics, and chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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NLGI Lubricating Grease Guide
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Manufacturer: National Lubricating Grease Institute
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Chemistry and Technology of Lubricants - Second Edition

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Chemistry and Technology of Lubricants - Second Edition
R.M. Mortier , and S.T. Orszulik
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 075140246X

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The first edition of this book was rapidly adopted as the industry bible. This edition provides a thorough update on recent rapid advances in lubrication which provides a wealth of information concerning the underlying chemistry of lubricants. All the principal applications of lubricants are covered as are the base fluid types and various classes of additive. Directed principally at those working in the lubricants industry, or those in academia seeking a chemists viewpoint of lubrication, it is also of value to engineerings and technologists requiring a more fundamental understanding of the subject.

High Performance Solid and Liquid Lubricants: An Industrial Guide

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High Performance Solid and Liquid Lubricants: An Industrial Guide
Ernest L. McMurtrey
Manufacturer: Noyes Data Corporation/Noyes Publications
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ASIN: 081551137X

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This fascinating journey into the anomalies pervading our universe appeals to paranormal enthusiasts, scholars, or anyone interested in the meaning of life.

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wonderful descriptive take on the not so far beyond.......1999-01-12

Great detail on the author's beliefs, backed up by research on the publicity and the cover ups. This book brings pulsing excitement to a topic which has been too covered with hokerstism. I'm excited about the possibility about this author's next book. Really Inspiring.

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A sprawling saga about five generations of a family from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Fall on Your Knees is the impressive first fiction from Canadian playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald. This epic tale of family history, family secrets, and music centers on four sisters and their relationships with each other and with their father. Set in the coal-mining communities of Nova Scotia in the early part of this century, the story also shifts to the battlefields of World War I and the jazz scene of New York City in the 1920s.

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The Piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives -- even destroy them.

Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Nova Scotia, Fall on Your Knees is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love.

Compellingly written, by turns menacingly dark and hilariously funny, this is an epic tale of five generations of sin, guilt, and redemption.

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Madness and Religion.......2007-09-11

Intriguing family saga of the impact of mental illness and spiritualism gone wrong. The dept of emotion within each character - parents and siblings - brings understanding to their seemingly irrational behavior. Strong characters draw you into their thinking and justification of their actions. MacDonald does a fine job of weaving the plot around historial events that lend added dimension to the complex relationships and the story overall. An excellent read.

Exploring different forms of love.......2007-09-02

This was Ms MacDonald's debut novel It is black and bleak and full of secrets. Peopled by flawed yet believable characters, this was one of the most amazing novels I read in 2003.

While the story starts on Cape Breton Island with James Piper (a poor Scots piano tuner) and Materia Mahmoud (the dauhter of a wealthy Lebanese family) and their relationship and elopement, the main story is of their daughters.

The childhood of the Piper sisters - Kathleen, Mercedes, Frances and Lily - is insightfully written and breathes life into the characters. Their lives on Cape Breton Island and then later in New York is an epic tale of love, pain and death, which also contains joy and triumph.

This novel is so rich in themes and in its development of characters it is hard to try to categorise it. So I won't. Instead, I'll recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good well written story but is also willing to explore some of the darker aspects of humanity.

Highly recommended.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith

Wow.......2007-05-03

This is not my normal book. It is quite dark (Gothic may be accurate) but a page turner, not in the thriller sense but much deeper. The book starts out with a snapshot of a family then goes on to unfold the story of how that family got to be that way. The snapshot makes you keep reading to find out each characters situation. As I read, I kept turning back to it as each piece of the plot unfolded. I finished this 2 days ago and can't get it out of my mind, it was so twisted and multilayered. I keep thinking about the Piper characters and putting them into modern context or comparing them to people I know. While the story covers many issues (poverty, race, prohibition, children taking on adult responsibility, coping with death, incest, small town life, relgion, homosexuality, and the list goes on) it interveaves the topics so well that it is still one elegant, continuous story.

I rarely review a book, but decided to since this book hasn't left me even though I'm halfway through the next. I believe everybody is accurate when they say that they cannot really find the right words to describe this book. All I can come up with is Wow, like when you hear some completely unexpected news about someone that goes against what you thought of them and you just can't put it into context or even categorize it in your brain, yet all you can do is keep thinking about it.

Cursed Family.......2007-04-17

James is an eighteen-year-old piano tuner who has recently lost his mother and whose abusive father has been gone for years. He falls desperately in love with Materia, the twelve-year-old daughter of one of his clients. They elope and Materia's family disowns and curses her and her children.

Within a year the couple has their first child, Kathleen, and the romance has gone from their relationship. James wonders if Materia was always so fat, so unpleasant, so utterly stupid. Materia misses her family and deeply regrets her marriage. To James, though, his daughter Kathleen is an angel. He adores her and brings her everywhere. She is beautiful and sweet and at eighteen months old begins to show signs of an impressive musical talent. James decides she will be an opera singer, and he is determined to give her every opportunity possible.

When Kathleen is twelve, James begins having incestuous thoughts about her. Materia notices, and in an attempt to save her daughter she begins seducing her husband, producing two more daughters, Mercedes and Frances. James recognizes his weakness, though, and decides to join the army and go fight in World War I. As soon as he returns home, he sends Kathleen to New York to study opera. It is not long before Kathleen is home again, though, and scandalously pregnant.

When several tragedies strike the family in quick succession, permanent roles are set for Mercedes and Frances. Mercedes is the responsible and deeply religious one who will hold the family together. Frances is the bad one, the troublemaker who will tear the family apart. Despite their differences, both girls have terrible secrets that will continue to affect their family through the next generation.

This book was very well written, with vivid characters. I especially liked Frances, who was willing to take any punishment necessary to protect her family and to create a safe haven for her little sister.

Parts of this book were awkward, though. The first few pages, describing the Piper home, didn't make any sense until much later in the book. I was left very confused and had to flip back later to place it in a time frame. I didn't like that Kathleen's story was eventually told long after the fact in the form of a diary. I feel this is an overused device and is a cop-out for an author who is unable to figure out how to integrate a person's narrative into the larger story. It was likely supposed to be a shocking revelation, but, really, how many people hadn't figured out the secret of Lily's birth by then? Kathleen had been out of the story for so long by then that I was no longer interested in the details of her life in New York.

Action Packed.......2007-04-07

For the most part this story is delightfully action packed - full of surprises - unexpected turns and twists that keep the reader open mouthed. It is the story of a highly dysfunctional family in New Waterford, Cape Breton Island.
The author's writing style is different, yet very effective. The way Catholicism is worked in here is quite interesting, as is the predicament Lebanese find themselves in. Please don't call them coloured or Arab. They would like to be considered European.
I am still not sure about the character Rose. What exactly is the author saying here?
Also Lily driving,then walking down to New York to meet Rose...what was the point here?
I have to admit that at times I was left with an unpleasant taste in my mouth.

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FALL ON YOUR KNEES

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The Fall Down, Break a Bone, Skin Your Knee Book

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The Fall Down, Break a Bone, Skin Your Knee Book
Kathleen Elgin
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Fall on Your Knees
Ann-Marie MacDonald
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Fall on your Knees
Ann-Marie macDonald
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Fall On Your Knees (Hardcover 1996, Simon & Schuster)

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Fall On Your Knees (Hardcover 1996, Simon & Schuster)
Ann-Marie MacDonald
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Fall on Your Knees : A Novel
Ann-Marie MacDonald
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Fall on Your Knees : A Novel

Manufacturer: Random House of Canada, Limited
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Fall On Your Knees Library Edi

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Fall on Your Knees.
Ann-Marie MacDonald
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