Life of scanner bearings with four space liquid lubricants

Journal of Synthetic Lubrication

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-90

  Bazinet, Dean G ^a   Espinosa, Mark A ^a   Loewenthal, Stuart H ^a   Gschwender, Lois ^b   Jones Jr , William R ^c   Predmore, Roamer E ^d  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Sest Inc   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; LIFE CYCLE; LUBRICATING OILS; SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

BEARING LIFE; HYDROFLUOROCARBON SOLVENTS; PERFLUORINATED SPACE OILS; SCANNER BEARINGS;

BALL BEARINGS;

BALL BEARINGS; HYDROCARBONS; LIFE CYCLE; LUBRICATING OILS; SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

EID: 33646456785     PISSN: 02656582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsl.13     Document Type: Article

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