Overcoming the electrostatic discharge in hydraulic, lubricating and fuel-filtration applications by incorporating novel synthetic filter media

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-351

  Phair, Brendan ^a   Bensch, Leonard ^a   Duchowski, John ^a   Khazan, Masha ^a   Tsalyuk, Victor ^a  

^a PALL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical; Electrostatic charge; Environment and safety; Filtration; Lubricant properties; Noise; Safety; Scoring; Wear and failure

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADDITIVES; ELECTRIC CHARGE; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FILTRATION; GAS FUELS; HYDRAULICS; LUBRICATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SURFACE TREATMENT; WEAR OF MATERIALS; ACOUSTIC NOISE; FUEL FILTERS; GASOLINE; LUBRICANTS;

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; LUBRICANT PROPERTIES; SYNTHETIC FILTERS;

TRIBOLOGY; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES;

FILTER MATERIAL; FILTRATION; LUBRICANT;

ELECTRICALS; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES; ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY; LUBRICANT PROPERTIES; SCORING; WEAR AND FAILURE;

EID: 25444502887     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05698190591002195     Document Type: Article

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