Polyalkylene Glycols

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TAIF Plant Now Makes Esters, Polyalkylene Glycol

July 5, 2023

Russia’s only polyalphaolefins complex now can also produce polyalkylene glycols and complex esters, after completing ...

Immersion Cooling of EVs and… Data Centers

Immersion Cooling of EVs and… Data Centers

February 10, 2022

Electric vehicles will trend toward batteries that generate higher levels of heat, industry pundits say, and therefore t ...

Tailoring Lubes for Electric Mobility

Tailoring Lubes for Electric Mobility

October 1, 2020

There are a number of potential avenues of development and challenges for electric vehicle lubricant formulators, but wh ...

A New Relationship Blossoms

A New Relationship Blossoms

July 2, 2020

It was long thought that raw materials for oil-miscible PAGs were too rare or too expensive to create a widely used prod ...

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Gear Oils Gain Efficiency

October 22, 2019

A new polyether hybrid base stock hopes to bridge the gap between compatibility and performance in the synthetic fluid l ...

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Could PAG Be an EV AC Lube?

September 17, 2019

Finding the right lubricant for automotive air conditioning systems is a tough in conventional cars. Its even trickier f ...

Playing it Cool

Playing it Cool

March 5, 2019

Cooling fluids for electric vehicle batteries are a potential avenue of exploration and investment for lube companies, b ...

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PAGs for the Crankcase?

April 28, 2014

Polyalkylene glycols have been popular base stocks in certain types of lubricants, but inadequate oxidation stability ha ...

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Dow Puts More Eggs in PAG Basket

May 16, 2007

The world’s largest producer of polyalkylene glycol (PAG) is getting even larger: Dow Chemical is adding capacity ...