Lubricated bearing lifetimes of a multiply alyklated cyclopentane and a linear perfluoropolyether fluid in oscillatory motion at elevated temperatures in ultrahigh vacuum

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue SP-653, 2007, Pages

  Braza, Joseph ^a   Jansen, Mark J ^b   Jones Jr , William R ^c  

^a Nye Lubricants Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c Sest Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LUBRICANTS; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

MULTIPLY ALKYLATED CYCLOPENTANES (MAC); PENNZANE; PERFLUOROPOLYETHER (PFPE);

POLYETHERS;

EID: 36448974864     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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