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Lubricating grease has been regarded by many prominent members of the oil industry, including the National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI), as more an art than a science. One of the primary objects of a new generation of lubrication engineers is to radically change this concept and start speaking the same language as other scientists. Grease lubrication is a complex mixture of chemistry, physics, tribology, rheology and health and environmental sciences. Without an extensive interdisciplinary co-operation and understanding, any ambitious research and development project will eventually meet immovable obstacles.
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Gow, G. (1992). Lubricating grease. In: Mortier, R.M., Orszulik, S.T. (eds) Chemistry and Technology of Lubricants. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3272-9_11
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