Anti-wear additives
     
Anti-wear additives
There are 4 main types of anti-wear additives. Their main ingredients are :
 
Graphite
Dating back over 60 years, this old technology has practically disappeared.
Graphite is a high density product, which risks obstructing lubrication channels.
To counteract this effect, only minute traces of graphite in colloidal suspension are present .
 
 
Molybdenum Bisulfate
These types of additives have largely contributed to an improvement of lubricant behaviour by interposing mineral particles between moving parts.
It allows viscosity to be maintained at different temperature levels of the lubricant.
This fundamental fact makes it possible for oil producers to create MULTIGRADE lubricants. Nowadays, this basic additive is already included in all modern lubrication oils.
Consequently, such additives, which were useful in the 1970ies, are already contained in the lubricants & have no further contribution to make
 
 
Ceramics
To render ceramics miscible to oils, they need to be administered with high levels of solvents. These, in turn, will rapidly degrade the original additives in the oil, reduce the lubrication capacity, while damaging the various neoprene & polypropylene joints used in engines.
A simple experiment will prove this :
Pour an additive, based on ceramics into a polycarbonate container.
Within 48 hours, the container will have disintegrated & the product will have spilt onto the table.
Ceramics were originally employed to lubricate firearms, which do not contain any joints, nor any oil baths.
It was therefore possible to achieve higher exit speeds of projectiles & to protect the barrel from scrape marks & from overheating.
The danger is that diametrically opposite reasons for applying of ceramics have been confused.
 
 
PolyTetraFluorEthylene (P.T.F.E)
P.T.F.E are fluor-carbonated resins with exceptional anti-friction qualities.
They are widely used as non-stick coatings in kitchen utensils, to excellent effects.
As fuel additives, the traditional method of rendering P.T.F.E soluble unfortunately requires them to be hydrolysed with solvents, which degrade the lubricants.
For this reasons, oil producers recommend to change the oil quickly after introducing a P.T.F.E. additive.