What are lubricant additives (lube oil additives)?
The quality of lubricating oil depends on the quality of base oil and the lubricant additives. With the development of the modern machinery industry better and better lubricating oils are required. Pure mineral oils used as lubricants can not satisfy the requirements for applications. Therefore different kinds of additives must be added into the lubricating oils to improve their operational performances and their quality. What are detergents and dispersants? Detergents and dispersants are the main additives used for blending internal combustion engine oils. The detergents and dispersants can prevent from causing corrosion, plugging the oil pipe and filter screens, sticking and abrading the piston rings till the engine is out of work. The acidic substance and oil slurry, smoke deposition, ash and lacquer deposits can be formed by combustion product and the lubricating oil in the operation of the internal combustion engine. The detergents and dispersants which have the functions of solub
