Prediction of biodegradability of mineral base oils from chemical composition using artificial neural networks

Tribology International

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 159-168

  Basu, B ^a   Singh, M P ^a   Kapur, G S ^a   Ali, Nazakat ^a   Sastry, M I S ^a   Jain, S K ^a   Srivastava, S P ^a   Bhatnagar, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Biodegradability; Chemical composition; Mineral base oils

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITION; LUBRICANTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TESTING; VISCOSITY;

BIODEGRADABILITY; MINERAL BASE OILS; VISCOSITY INDEX;

LUBRICATING OILS;

EID: 0032045078     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(97)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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