Chemical degradation of a multiply alkylated cyclopentane (MAC) oil during wear: Implications for spacecraft attitude control system bearings

Tribology Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 357-370

  Bertrand, P A ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Lubricant degradation; Space; Synthetic hydrocarbons; Tribochemistry; Wear

Indexed keywords

BEARING SURFACES; BEARING TESTS; C-C BONDS; CARBOXYLATE SALTS; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION PROCESS; LIFE PREDICTIONS; LIQUID PHASE; LUBRICANT DEGRADATION; LUBRICATION SYSTEM; OIL MOLECULES; OIL TRANSPORT; POOR PERFORMANCE; RADICAL REACTIONS; SIDE REACTIONS; SPACE; SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE CONTROL; SYNTHETIC HYDROCARBONS; THRUST BALL BEARINGS; TIME FRAME; TRIBO-CHEMISTRY; WEAR PARTICLES;

BALL BEARINGS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; FREE RADICALS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUBRICATION; MOLECULES; OLEFINS; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; REACTION KINETICS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 84873406847     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-012-0075-9     Document Type: Article

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