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US 4,541,941 AGranted
Mixed borate esters and their use as lubricant and fuel additives
AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsAndrew G. Horodysky, Robert M. Gemmill, Jr.
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Abstract
Lubricant and fuel compositions having unique fuel saving properties are obtained by adding to the lubricant or fuel a product made by reacting a boron compound with a mixture of vicinal diols and long chain alcohols or hydroxyl-containing carboxylate esters.
Claims14
A lubricant composition comprising a major proportion of a lubricating oil or grease and a friction-reducing amount of a borated mixture of a hydrocarbyl vicinal diol, or mixtures thereof, and a hydroxyl-containing aliphatic carboxylate or mixture of said carboxylates.
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