Slippery Customer: A Greener Antiwear Additive for Engine Oils
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 13:49
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil, thanks to work by materials scientists from Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond, Va.) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.