Metalworking Fluids
Metalworking is where chemistry meets a machinist's tolerance for smell, foam and dermatitis. Sulphurised EP does the cutting; sodium sulfonates hold the emulsion and stop the workpiece flash-rusting between operations. European formulators here are unusually receptive to new components because the regulatory pressure keeps forcing reformulation.
Chemistry this application depends on
Extreme-Pressure Additives
Load-carrying film former under boundary lubrication
Corrosion & Rust Inhibitors
Ferrous surface passivation and water displacement
Phenolic Antioxidants
Primary low-to-mid temperature radical scavenger
Yellow Metal Deactivators
Copper passivation and catalytic-oxidation suppression
Formulating for metalworking fluids?
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