Lubricant (2634 bytes)
1: ...of lubricants volume-wise. In developed nations, lubricants contribute to 1/4 of total pollution released to...
3: ...c liquids are sometimes used as base oils. Other lubricants are [[teflon]] or [[silicone]] based.
7: Non-liquid lubricants include [[grease]], powders (dry [[graphite]], ...
11: Lubricants also are used to form [[Fluid_bearing|hydrodynam...
13: ...l lubricant]], bio-[[medical]] applications (e.g. lubricants for artificial joints) and others.

Personal lubricant (5064 bytes)
2: '''Personal lubricants''' are used on or around the human body to reduc...
6: Water-based personal lubricants are water-[[soluble]], and are generally the typ...
11: ...end to retain lubrication longer than water-based lubricants.
12: Note that Silicone based lubricants should not be used with silicone based sex toys ...
14: Popular brands include [[Eros (lubricant)|Eros]].

K-Y Jelly (1214 bytes)
1: ...'' is a water-based, water-[[soluble]] [[personal lubricant]] produced by [[Johnson & Johnson Corporation|Joh...
3: ... and contains no colour or perfume additives. The lubricant proved extremely popular as it does not stain and...
5: K-Y Jelly is now more widely used as a [[sexual lubricant]]. It does not react with latex [[condom]]s or s...
14: [[Category:Personal lubricants]]

Penetrating oil (526 bytes)
1: ... parts. It can also be used as general purpose [[lubricant]], or to clean or prevent [[corrosion]].
3: ...ough it is so light that use as a general-purpose lubricant is not advisable.

Astroglide (1095 bytes)
3: '''Astroglide''' is a brand of [[personal lubricant]] manufactured by [[BioFilm Inc]].
9: ...ther, and now it is one of the top selling sexual lubricants in the country.
16: [[Category:Personal lubricants]]

Plain bearing (2619 bytes)
6: ...aring's load is carried solely by a film of fluid lubricant, there being no contact between the two bearing s...
12: ...a lubricant is held. As the bearing operates and lubricant is displaced from the bearing surface, more is ca...

KY (236 bytes)
5: *[[K-Y jelly]], a brand of personal lubricant

Moly (200 bytes)
1: ...element [[Molybdenum]], and usually refers to the lubricant [[Molybdenum disulfide]].

Castrol (246 bytes)
1: ...astrol (tm) motor oil - is a trademark automobile lubricant made by the Castrol company (link: [http://www.ca...

Vacuum grease (335 bytes)
2: ...r applications where a low pressure is required. Lubricants with higher volatility would be volatilized, cau...

Grease (3058 bytes)
3: '''Grease''' is a [[lubricant]] of higher initial [[viscosity]] than [[oil]], c...
5: ...tself or mixed with grease, is also employed as a lubricant. [[Teflon]] is added to some greases to improve o...
7: ...tact and the resulting friction and wear when the lubricant film gets too thin.
9: Some [[silicone]]-based lubricants are also marketed as grease. Whether they can b...
11: ...low grease. Animal greases may have been used as lubricants in the past, but this is not now common in devel...

WD-40 (1576 bytes)
1: ...a widely-used [[penetrating oil]] ([[cleaner]], [[lubricant]] and anti-[[corrosion|corrosive]] [[solution]]) ...
9: WD-40 should not be used as a general-purpose lubricant, as it dries out very quickly and collects dust. ...

False brinelling (4714 bytes)
3: ...ricant is pushed out of a loaded region. Without lubricant, wear is increased. The resulting wear debris ox...
5: ... lubricant such as grease or oil. Although these lubricants normally appear liquid (not solids), under high ...
7: If the lubricant is removed, the bearings and races can touch dire...
11: ...no action or movement that replaces the displaced lubricant.
13: With the lubricant gone, the damage described above creates wear deb...

Timken OK Load (1525 bytes)
5: ...under load. The contact area is flooded with the lubricant being tested. The Timken OK Load is the load at ...
7: ...med that the measure and the film strength of the lubricant were directly related. Today, the primary purpos...

Cylinder block (480 bytes)
1: ...ancillaries, with passages for [[coolant]]s and [[lubricant]]s.

Frederick Kipping (449 bytes)
1: ... of the synthetic [[rubber]] and silicone-based [[lubricant]] industries.

Mineral oil (511 bytes)
1: ...ery large quantities. It is commonly used as a [[lubricant]] and a [[laxative]].

Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (1795 bytes)
2: ...t historically important source of [[fuel]] and [[lubricant]], most notably in [[World War II]]-era [[Germany...
4: ...nsformations. If [[liquid]] petroleum-like fuel, lubricant, or wax is required, the Fischer-Tropsch process ...

Cyberskin (1854 bytes)
9: ...cts. Never use massage oil or food products as a lubricant, especially not with toys.

Teflon coated (3095 bytes)
1: ...nd [[rifle]] [[bullet|bullets]] are coated with a lubricant such as [[Teflon]].
39: [[Molybdenum disulfide]] ("moly") is one lubricant that is widely used in industry,
42: Teflon is another such lubricant, and bullets coated in which had an interesting p...

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