Novel Surfactants and Their Application as Universal Lubricity Aids

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

1:35 PM – 1:52 PM EDT

Room: 519a

Presenting Author(s)

Lucas Moore, PhD

VP of Research and Development
Colonial Chemical Inc
South Pittsburg, TN, United States

Co-Author(s)

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Garret Bryant

Synthesis R&D Manager
Colonial Chemical Inc., United States
Jordan Taylor (he/him/his)

Senior Applications Chemist
Colonial Chemical, Inc.
South Pittsburgh, TN, United States
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Molly McEnery

R&D Manager for Personal Care Applications
Colonial Chemical Inc., United States
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Timothy Holtcamp

Synthesis Chemist
Colonial Chemical Inc., United States
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Sydney Boggs

Applications Chemist
Colonial Chemical Inc., United States

Abstract:

The reduction in friction is a desired property in many industries. Some of the applications include the movement of liquid or slurry through a pipeline in oil or mining, the grinding of one metal on another during fabrication, metal on paper in the making of nearly any paper product, to even something closer to home with the movement of a brush or comb through one’s hair. Friction yields higher degrees of strain or stress on one or both of the substrates. This can be costly due to energy requirements, wear of equipment, or even breakage of the substrate. Even though the need exists in so many industries, the mechanisms of lubricity vary enough in each that there really isn’t a universal lubricity aid that can successfully be applied across the different industries. A family of novel lubricity aids based on alkyl polyglucosides have been synthesized and evaluated in the lab on both metal/metal friction reduction as well as comb/hair friction reduction. The presentation will focus on one of the modified alkyl polyglycosides, which has yielded excellent reduction in friction in both applications.