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Definitions

• the disclosed technology relates to the inhibition of corrosion on electrically conductive componentry subjected to an automotive lubricant composition, but that is not submersed in the lubricant composition, or in other words, vapor phase corrosion inhibition.
• the technology more particularly relates to the use of azole compounds capable of inhibiting corrosion of the electrically conductive componentry in the vapor space above an automotive lubricant composition, and often in the liquid phase of the lubricant composition as well.
• Corrosion is of increasing relevance in the automotive industry due to electrification of vehicle drivelines, whether in full electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles or even internal combustion vehicles.
• transmission lubricating oils are designed to protect metal (most often copper or iron) surfaces submerged in the oil from corrosion, some lubricants can be still be corrosive. Further, issues are arising due to corrosion of parts not submerged in the oil. For example, the evolution of transmissions is such that there are more sensors being used that are not immersed in the lubricant but are exposed in the vapor space to corrosive species. Since such electronics are typically not submerged in the lubricant, these electronics are not protected.
• Corrosion inhibitory performance for non-submerged electronics is not currently encompassed in vehicle lubricant specifications, but it is anticipated that vapor phase corrosion performance will become increasingly important, particularly with respect to sensitive electronics where even slight corrosion can interrupt the function of the electronics. Corrosion has been studied in the vapor phase, however the corrosion phenomena that have thus far been described are primarily due to atmospheric corrosion (e.g. based on humidity, oxidation and salts), while the corrosion with respect to electronics in the headspace above an automotive lubricant will have significantly different set of environmental contributors (e.g., low humidity, low oxygen, volatile lubricant and lubricant degradation products).
• the disclosed technology therefore, solves the problem of vapor phase corrosion of electrically conductive componentry in vehicles by providing a lubricant composition containing an azole compound capable of inhibiting corrosion of the electrically conductive componentry in the vapor space above the lubricant composition and a method therewith.
• the lubricant composition can include an oil of lubricating viscosity and an azole compound capable of escaping the lubricant composition and inhibiting corrosion in a vapor space above the lubricant composition.
• the azole compound can be a low molecular weight triazole or low molecular weight tetrazole compound.
• the azole compound can be an N-substituted azole compound that will decompose to a low molecular weight triazole or low molecular weight tetrazole compound under the operating conditions of an automotive device.
• the azole compound can be an N-substituted azole compound that will decompose in the presence of a compound that reacts with the N-substituted azole compound resulting in a low molecular weight triazole or low molecular weight tetrazole compound.
• the lubricant composition can further include a compound that reacts with the N-substituted azole compound resulting in a low molecular weight triazole or low molecular weight tetrazole compound.
• the composition can further contain a volatile compound corrosive to electrically conducting componentry.
• the method includes providing an automotive device having electrically conducting componentry, some portion of said componentry being dry, then delivering to the automotive device a lubricant composition as set forth above, and operating the automotive device.
• the electrically conducting componentry can include, for example, electrical wires, electrical sensors, printed circuit boards, or an electric motor.
• the electrically conducting componentry can, for example, contain copper or a copper alloy.
• the method can be applied where the automotive device contains a transmission, such as, for example, a dual clutch transmission, or a transmission that is driven by an electric motor.
• a transmission such as, for example, a dual clutch transmission, or a transmission that is driven by an electric motor.
• the method can be applied where the automotive device contains an axle.
• the axle can be driven by an electric motor.
• One aspect of the technology encompasses a lubricant composition of 1) an oil of lubricating viscosity, 2) an azole compound capable of inhibiting corrosion of electrically conductive componentry, both in the liquid phase of the lubricant composition and in the vapor space above the lubricant composition, and 3) a volatile compound corrosive to the electrically conductive componentry.
• the base oil may be selected from any of the base oils in Groups I-V of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Base Oil Interchangeability Guidelines (2011), namely
• Base Oil Category Sulfur (%) Saturates (%) Viscosity Index Group I >0.03 and/or ⁇ 90 80 to less than 120 Group II ⁇ 0.03 and ⁇ 90 80 to less than 120 Group III ⁇ 0.03 and ⁇ 90 ⁇ 120 Group IV All polyalphaolefins (PAOs) Group V All others not included in Groups I, II, III or IV
• Groups I, II and III are mineral oil base stocks. Other generally recognized categories of base oils may be used, even if not officially identified by the API: Group II+, referring to materials of Group II having a viscosity index of 110-119 and lower volatility than other Group II oils; and Group III+, referring to materials of Group III having a viscosity index greater than or equal to 130.
• the oil of lubricating viscosity can include natural or synthetic oils and mixtures thereof. Mixtures of mineral oil and synthetic oils, e.g., polyalphaolefin oils and/or polyester oils, may be used.
• the oil of lubricating viscosity has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. by ASTM D445 of 2 to 7.5 or 10, or 3 to 6, or 3.25 to 6, or 3.5 to 5 mm 2 /s, or from 2 to 7 or 3 to 6 or 3 to 5.
• the oil of lubricating viscosity comprises a poly alpha olefin having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. by ASTM D445 of 2 to 7.5 or any of the other aforementioned ranges.
• the lubricant composition also contains an azole compound capable of inhibiting corrosion of electrically conductive componentry in the space above the lubricant composition.
• electrically conductive componentry is used to refer to components in an automobile engine or driveline that conduct electricity, such as, for example, electrical wires, electrical sensors, printed circuit boards, electric motors, etc. Such components are generally kept “dry,” meaning the components are not submerged in a lubricant composition, but they will in many cases be in close proximity and exposed to a lubricant composition.
• electrically conducting componentry can be prepared from copper or other electrically conductive material, such as, for example, copper alloys (brass, bronze), silver, aluminum, gold, platinum, tin, and alloys of any of the foregoing, or other like electrically conductive materials.
• azole compounds will exhibit corrosion inhibition in the liquid phase of a lubricant composition. However, not all azole compounds will exhibit corrosion inhibition in the vapor space above the lubricant composition. To exhibit such vapor phase corrosion inhibition, the azole compound first must have sufficiently high vapor pressure to vaporize, i.e., escape the liquid phase of the lubricant composition and enter the vapor phase. More than just escaping the liquid phase, the azole compound must also be capable of coating the electrically conductive componentry to protect the componentry from other volatile compounds present in the vapor phase that would otherwise be corrosive to the electrically conductive componentry.
• the coating of the electrically conductive componentry may arise when the azole compound includes more than 2 ring nitrogens, and has a proton available on the azole ring to interact with the metal of the electrically conductive componentry.
• Azole compounds capable of inhibiting corrosion of the electrically conductive componentry in the vapor space above a lubricant composition thus can include low molecular weight triazoles and low molecular weight tetrazoles.
• low molecular weight it is meant a compound having a molecular weight between about 50 and 350 daltons, or between about 55 and 250 daltons, or between about 60 and 150 or 200 daltons.
• Such compounds include, for example, those of formulas I or II:
• R 1 and R 2 can be, individually, H or a C 1 to C 9 alkyl group
• Examples of azole compounds of formula I can include, for example, 1,2,4-triazole, 3-methyl-1,2,4-triazole and the like.
• Examples of formula II can include, for example, 1H-tetrazole, 5-methyltetrazole, and the like.
• the azole compound capable of inhibiting corrosion of the electrically conductive componentry can also include N-substituted azole compounds.
• N-substituted azole compounds may provide vapor phase corrosion protection on their own, or decompose to a low molecular weight triazole or low molecular weight tetrazole compound under an operating condition of the automotive device; or decompose to a low molecular weight triazole or low molecular weight tetrazole in the presence of a compound that reacts (“reactive compound”) with the N-substituted azole compound resulting in the release or formation of a low molecular weight triazole or low molecular weight tetrazole compound.
• reactive compound a compound that reacts
• Formulas I and II may be reacted with an alkyl (meth)acrylate to obtain a compound having an alkyl (meth)acrylate substituent on a ring nitrogen.
• the formulas may also be reacted to obtain a formula with an amine substituent on a ring nitrogen, for example, by reacting with formaldehyde and the desired amine.
• N-substituted azole compound with an amine substituent can include 1,2,4 triazoles of formula III:
• R 3 and R 4 can be, independently C 1 -C 22 , or C 2 -C 20 , or C 3 -C 18 , or C 3 -C 16 or C 12 , either linear or branched hydrocarbon groups, phenyl group, or two ends of a hydrocarbon chain forming a cyclic structure, or where at least one of R 3 and R 4 can be H.
• the N-substituted azole compound can be an N-branched substituted 1,2,4 triazole, such as those of formula III where R 3 and R 4 can be, independently C 1 -C 22 , or C 2 -C 20 , or C 3 -C 18 , or C 3 -C 16 or C 12 branched hydrocarbon groups, or two ends of a hydrocarbon chain forming a cyclic structure.
• R 3 and R 4 can be, independently C 1 -C 22 , or C 2 -C 20 , or C 3 -C 18 , or C 3 -C 16 or C 12 branched hydrocarbon groups, or two ends of a hydrocarbon chain forming a cyclic structure.
• Example structures of formula III can include:
• the N-substituted azole compound can be an N-linear substituted 1,2,4 triazole, such as those of formula III where R 3 and R 4 can be, independently linear C 1 -C 22 , or C 2 -C 20 , or C 3 -C 18 , or C 3 -C 16 or C 12 hydrocarbon groups (including carbonyl groups or acrylamide groups).
• R 3 and R 4 can be, independently linear C 1 -C 22 , or C 2 -C 20 , or C 3 -C 18 , or C 3 -C 16 or C 12 hydrocarbon groups (including carbonyl groups or acrylamide groups).
• Example structures of formula III can include:
• the N-substituted azole compounds can include, for example, N-single substituted 1,2,4 triazoles, such as those of formula III where R 3 and R 4 can be, independently C 1 -C 22 , or C 2 -C 20 , or C 3 -Cis, or C 3 -C 16 or C 12 , either linear or branched hydrocarbon groups, or two ends of a hydrocarbon chain forming a cyclic structure, and where at least one of R 3 and R 4 is H.
• Example structures of formula III can include:
• the azole compound can also include N-substituted 1,2,4 triazoles, where the N-substitutent is at the 4 position, as in formula IV:
• Compounds of formula IV may, in some embodiments, be naturally occurring impurities or minor isomers formed during the manufacture of compounds of formula III.
• N-substituted azole compounds can include 1,2,3 triazoles of formula V:
• R 5 can be, independently C 1 -C 22 , or C 2 -C 20 , or C 3 -C 18 , or C 3 -C 16 or C 12 , either linear or branched hydrocarbon groups, phenyl group, or two ends of a hydrocarbon chain forming a cyclic structure
• R 6 and R 7 can be C 1 -C 4 , or C 1 -C 3 , or C 1 -C 2 , or where at least one of R 5 , R 6 and R 7 can be H, or where both R 6 and R 7 are H, or at least one of R 5 , R 6 and R 7 can include carbonyl or acrylamide groups, such as in methyl propionate or ethylhexyl propionate and the like, which may be formed by contacting the azole compound with an acrylate, acrylic acid, acrylamide or combination thereof.
• N-substituted azole compounds include tetrazoles of formula VI:
• R 8 and R 9 can be, independently C 1 -C 22 , or C 2 -C 20 , or C 3 -C 18 , or C 3 -C 16 or C 12 , either linear or branched hydrocarbon groups, a phenyl group, or two ends of a hydrocarbon chain forming a cyclic structure, or where at least one of R 8 and R 9 can be H.
• the azole compounds are formulated into a lubricant composition at a level sufficient to provide suitable corrosion protection in the vapor phase when in use. In general, levels of about 30 ppm to 5 wt % of the azole compound are suitable in most applications.
• the azole compound can be incorporated at a level of about 50 ppm to 4 wt %, or about 250 ppm to 3 wt %, based on the total weight of the lubricant composition, or even from 500 ppm to 2 wt % or 1000 ppm to 1 wt %.
• the azole compound can be incorporated at a level of from about 100 ppm to 5000 ppm, or 250 ppm to 2500 ppm, or 500 to 2000 ppm.
• the azole compounds above may decompose to provide a low molecular weight azole compound. Decomposition can occur, for example, due to temperatures encountered during operation of the automotive device.
• Decomposition can also occur due to the presence of a compound (“reactive compound”) that reacts with the N-substituted azole compound resulting in release or formation of a low molecular weight triazole or low molecular weight tetrazole compound.
• the lubricant composition can include a compound that reacts with the N-substituted azole compound resulting in decomposition to a low molecular weight triazole or low molecular weight tetrazole compound.
• the reactive compound may be an electrophile, a nucleophile, or a combination thereof.
• the lubricant composition can also include a compound that is electrophilic to the azole compound and/or a nucleophilic to substituents on the azole compound, or a combination thereof.
• Electrophilic compounds may include, for example, Lewis acids and Bronsted acids.
• electrophilic compounds can include, for example, hydrogen (whether on its own or as an “onium” compound such as NH 4 + or H 3 O + ); metal cations such as Li+, Cu(I/II), Ti(IV), Fe(II/III), etc.; trigonal planar species such as BF 3 and the like; ⁇ , ⁇ -unsaturated carbonyls; polar molecules like carbon dioxide, etc.
• Such compounds can arise in the lubricant from other additives in the lubricant, such as, for example from detergent substrates and antiwear additives and their decomposition products.
• Nucleophilic compounds can include Lewis bases.
• nucleophiles can include iodine, alcohols, such as, for example, methanol, ethanol or higher alcohols, amines, such as ammonia, or an amine from the head group of a dispersant or surfactant.
• alcohols such as, for example, methanol, ethanol or higher alcohols
• amines such as ammonia
• an amine from the head group of a dispersant or surfactant can arise in the lubricant from other additives in the lubricant, such as, for example from friction modifiers and their decomposition products.
• the lubricant composition can also include corrosion inhibitors that work in the liquid to prevent corrosion in the liquid phase.
• a liquid phase corrosion inhibitor can include, for example, a substituted thiadiazole, such as a dimercaptothiadiazole (DMTD) derivative.
• DMTD derivatives may be used to impede corrosion of copper.
• the dimercaptothiadiazole derivatives typically are soluble forms or derivatives of DMTD.
• Materials which can be starting materials for the preparation of oil-soluble derivatives containing the dimercaptothiadiazole nucleus can include 2,5-dimercapto-[1,3,4]-thiadiazole, 3,5-dimercapto-[1,2,4]-thiadiazole, 3,4-dimercapto-[1,2,5]-thiadiazole, and 4,-5-dimercapto-[1,2,3]-thiadiazole. Of these the most readily available is 2,5-dimercapto-[1,3,4]-thiadiazole.
• Various 2,5-bis-(hydrocarbon dithio)-1,3,4-thiadiazoles and 2-hydrocarbyldithio-5-mercapto-[1,3,4]-thiadiazoles may be used.
• the hydrocarbon group may be aliphatic or aromatic, including cyclic, alicyclic, aralkyl, aryl and alkaryl.
• carboxylic esters of DMTD are known and may be used, as can condensation products of alpha-halogenated aliphatic monocarboxylic acids with DMTD or products obtained by reacting DMTD with an aldehyde and a diaryl amine in molar proportions of from about 1:1:1 to about 1:4:4.
• the DMTD materials may also be present as salts such as amine salts.
• the DMTD compound may be the reaction product of an alkyl phenol with an aldehyde such as formaldehyde and a dimercaptothiadiazole.
• Another useful DMTD derivative is obtained by reacting DMTD with an oil-soluble dispersant, such as a succinimide dispersant or a succinic ester dispersant.
• the amount of the DMTD compound, if present, may be 0.01 to 5 percent by weight of the composition, depending in part on the identity of the particular compound, e.g., 0.01 to 1 percent, or 0.02 to 0.4 or 0.03 to 0.1 percent by weight.
• the total weight of the combined product may be significantly higher in order to impart the same active DMTD chemistry; for instance, 0.1 to 5 percent, or 0.2 to 2 or 0.3 to 1 or 0.4 to 0.6 percent by weight.
• the substituted thiadiazole can be present in a formulation that is substantially free or free of reactants that could react with the substituted thiadiazole to form a volatile corrosive thiol, such as, for example, a hydrogen phosphite.
• the lubricant composition will, by virtue of the problem statement, also include a volatile compound that is corrosive to the electrically conducting componentry, or “volatile corrosive compound” for short.
• Volatile in reference to the volatile corrosive compound, has the same meaning as with the azole compound, that is, the volatile corrosive compound must have sufficiently high vapor pressure to vaporize, i.e., escape the liquid phase of the lubricant composition under operating conditions in an automobile and enter the vapor phase.
• the volatile corrosive compound can be a compound added to the lubricant composition and intended for other bulk fluid purposes, such as, for example, bulk phase rust inhibition, friction modification, or wear and oxidation prevention.
• the volatile corrosive compound can also be generated in situ, for example, as a natural degradation product of the components of the lubricant composition, or from the reaction of two or more components in the lubricant composition.
• the volatile corrosive compound can be a volatile sulfur-containing compound, such as a thiol.
• a volatile sulfur-containing compound such as a thiol.
• Other sulfur-containing compounds that can cause corrosion include, for example, sulfurized olefins, disulfides, sulfurized esters, mercaptans, thioethers, dialkyldithiophosphoric acids and their salts, and dithiocarbamates.
• the volatile corrosive compound can also include hydrogen sulfide arising from the degradation or hydrolysis of any of the sulfur-containing compounds.
• the volatile corrosive compound can be a low molecular weight mercaptan arising from the degradation of sulfurized olefins, or a sulfur dioxide compound from thermal degradation of a sulfonate or sulfone.
• the volatile corrosive compound can be the reaction product of a substituted thiadiazole and a hydrogen phosphite.
• a further aspect of the present technology encompasses a method of lubricating an automotive device having electrically conducting componentry.
• the method includes providing an automotive device comprising electrically conducting componentry with some portion of the electrically conducting componentry being dry (i.e., not submerged in a lubricant composition).
• a lubricant composition as disclosed above, can be delivered to the automotive device, and the automotive device is operated.
• the automotive device is, in one embodiment, a driveline device.
• the driveline device can be, for example, a gear, an axle, a drive shaft, an automatic or manual transmission, or a driveline of an off-highway vehicle (such as a farm tractor).
• Such driveline devices are lubricated by gear oils, axle oils, drive shaft oils, traction oils, manual transmission oils, automatic transmission oils, or off highway oils (such as a farm tractor oil).
• a method of lubricating a manual transmission that may or may not contain a synchronizer system is provided.
• a method of lubricating an automatic transmission In one embodiment the invention provides a method of lubricating an axle.
• Automatic transmissions that may be encompassed by the disclosed method include, for example, continuously variable transmissions (CVT), infinitely variable transmissions (IVT), toroidal transmissions, continuously slipping torque converter clutches (CSTCC), stepped automatic transmissions or dual clutch transmissions (DCT).
• CVT continuously variable transmissions
• IVT infinitely variable transmissions
• CSTCC continuously slipping torque converter clutches
• DCT dual clutch transmissions
• the automatic transmissions can contain continuously slipping torque converter clutches (CSTCC), wet start and shifting clutches and in some cases may also include metal or composite synchronizers. Dual clutch transmissions or automatic transmissions may also incorporate electric motor units.
• CSTCC continuously slipping torque converter clutches
• wet start and shifting clutches and in some cases may also include metal or composite synchronizers.
• Dual clutch transmissions or automatic transmissions may also incorporate electric motor units.
• the method can include employing a gear oil or axle oil in a planetary hub reduction axle, a mechanical steering and transfer gear box in utility vehicles, a synchromesh gear box, a power take-off gear, a limited slip axle, and a planetary hub reduction gear box.
• Axles may also incorporate electric motors units. Motors may be placed, for example, “in-wheel” or on the front or rear axle. The electric motor may also be incorporated into the driveshaft.
• each chemical component described is presented exclusive of any solvent or diluent oil, which may be customarily present in the commercial material, that is, on an active chemical basis, unless otherwise indicated.
• each chemical or composition referred to herein should be interpreted as being a commercial grade material which may contain the isomers, by-products, derivatives, and other such materials which are normally understood to be present in the commercial grade.
• the term “about” means that a value of a given quantity is within ⁇ 20% of the stated value. In other embodiments, the value is within ⁇ 15% of the stated value. In other embodiments, the value is within ⁇ 10% of the stated value. In other embodiments, the value is within ⁇ 5% of the stated value. In other embodiments, the value is within ⁇ 2.5% of the stated value. In other embodiments, the value is within ⁇ 1% of the stated value.
• the invention herein is useful for inhibiting corrosion of non-submerged electrically conductive componentry in lubricated driveline devices, which may be better understood with reference to the following examples.
• Sample 1 A commercial sample of 1,2,4-triazole was obtained from Tokyo Chemical Industry Company. Ltd.
• Sample 7 1,2,4-Triazole (0.534 mole) was reacted with dicyclohexylamine (0.533 mole) and 91% paraformaldehyde (0.501 equivalent) per the general procedure to yield 139.07 g (99.5% yield) of a nearly colorless, crystalline solid, N,N-dicyclohexyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-methanamine, having a melting point of >65° C.
• the product showed good purity by 1 H and 13 C NMR, the only impurities being trace amounts of the triazole-to-triazole coupled compound and unreacted triazole.
• Sample 8a The commercial corrosion inhibitor Irgamet® 30 from BASF Corporation, CAS Number 91273-04-0, is the formaldehyde-coupled product of 1,2,4-triazole with bis(2-ethyhexyl)amine. 1 H and 13 C NMR spectra of this sample show that it is very pure.
• Sample 8b The general procedure was used to prepare a product analogous to Irgamet 30. 1,2,4-Triazole (0.439 mole) was reacted with bis(2-ethyhexyl)amine (0.440 mole) and 91% paraformaldehyde (0.411 equivalent) to give 142.71 g (100%) of clear, colorless liquid product. The 1H and 13C NMR spectra of this material showed that the purity was comparable to the commercial product of Sample 8a.
• Sample 10 1,2,4-Triazole (0.313 mole) was reacted with ditridecylamine (0.312 mole) and 95% paraformaldehyde (0.313 equivalent) per the general procedure to yield 144.26 g (100% yield) of clear, nearly colorless liquid product.
• the ditridecylamine used in this Sample was obtained from BASF; it is a complex mixture of isomers.
• the 1 H and 13 C NMR spectra confirm that the product is a complex mixture.
• Sample 11 1,2,4-Triazole (0.315 mole) was reacted with dicocoamine (0.316 mole) and 95% paraformaldehyde (0.314 equivalent) per the general procedure to yield 142.15 g (98.9% yield) of clear, pale amber liquid product.
• the alkyl groups on the dicocoamine are primarily a mixture of saturated C 12 -C 14 linear hydrocarbon chains.
• the 1 H and 13 C NMR show that the product is very pure.
• Sample 12 A commercial sample of 5-Methyltetrazole was obtained from Tokyo Chemical Industry Company. Ltd.
• Sample 15 A commercial sample of 1,2-Dimethylimidazole was obtained from Alfa Aesar.
• Sample 16 A commercial sample of 2,4-Dimethylimidazole was obtained from Alfa Aesar.
• Sample 17 A commercial sample of 1-Butylimidazole was obtained from Alfa Aesar.
• Sample 18 A commercial sample of 1-Methyl-1,2,4-triazole was obtained from Alfa Aesar.
• Sample 19 A commercial oil-soluble corrosion inhibitor, Skosanor KSP93, was obtained from Lubrizol Corporation. This product is the reaction product of tolyltriazole, bis(2-ethylhexyl)amine, and paraformaldehyde as shown below.
• Formulation A for testing vapor phase corrosion The formulation shown below, which is representative of a typical automotive transmission fluid, causes severe vapor-space corrosion of copper within a few days at 65° C., despite having two known copper corrosion inhibitors (indicated by the asterisks “*”). In some tests described below, Formulation A without the tolyltriazole is used.
• Formulation A Ingredient Generic Name wt % 3 cSt Group III oil 60.61 4 cSt 100N Group III oil 21.90 Viscosity modifier 10.96 Dispersant 3.00 Friction modifier 1.40 Antioxidant 0.60 Substituted thiadiazole * 0.50 Seal swell agent 0.35 Antiwear agent (phosphite based) 0.22 Detergent 0.12 Pour Point depressant 0.09 Ethoxylated amine 0.10 Mineral acid 0.10 Tolyltriazole * 0.03 Foam inhibitor 0.02
• Formulation A is top-treated with the Sample vapor phase corrosion inhibitors listed above at the reported treat rates. Freshly sanded copper strips are half immersed in the top-treated fluids in 4-oz jars which are capped and placed in a controlled temperature oven. Corrosion of both the liquid-immersed portion and vapor-space portion of the coupons is assessed per the ASTM D130 rating scale after a specified period. A blank (Formulation A with no top treat) is used as a standard in each test.
• Example 3a 2.1 cSt Fluid none 4C 1B 4C 1B 500 ppm 1A 1A 1A 1A 100 ppm 1A 1B 1A 1B 50 ppm 1A 1B 1A 1B
• Example 3b 1.9 cSt Fluid none 4C 1B 4C 1B 500 ppm 1A 1A 1A 1A
• Example 3c 9.1 cSt Fluid none 4C 1B 4C 1B 500 ppm 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A
• Formulation B is a gear oil formulation that contains the additives listed below.
• Formulation B Lubicant Oil 96.42 Extreme pressure agent 2.9 Pour point depressant 0.3 Rust inhibitor 0.2 Corrosion inhibitor 0.1 Friction modifier 0.05 Antifoam 0.03
• Formulation B was top treated with 500 ppm of Sample 8a in one instance and 500 ppm of Sample 19 in another instance. These top treated gear oil formulations were subjected to the semi-submerged test at 80° C. for seven days. Results are listed in Table 4.
• This semi-submerged test is a short-duration comparison of several low molecular weight azoles in the Formulation A without tolyltriazole.
• the test was run at 80° C. for 24 hours. Each Sample was added to Formulation A as a top treat at 1000 ppm.
• a 4-oz uncapped jar of the Formulation A was placed inside a 1 ⁇ 2-gallon wide-mouth jar.
• a freshly polished copper coupon was laid across the top of the small jar such that it was not in contact with the liquid.
• the outer large jar was capped and the entire assembly placed in an 80° C. oven for two days.
• the coupon turned black (4C rating). This test proves that the corrosive species from the Formulation A is acting through volatilization of the corrosive species into the vapor space rather than through a mechanism whereby the corrosive species climbs up the surface of the coupon from the liquid phase.
• Formulation C represents a baseline manual transmission fluid.
• Formulation C Ingredient generic name Wt % Base oil Balance to 100 Viscosity modifier (PMA Type) 7.58 Antioxidant (aminic) 0.3 Detergent (580 TBN calcium sulfonate) 0.58 Dispersant (PIB succinimide type) 1.7 Extreme pressure agent (sulfurized olefin) 0.3 Antiwear agent (phos containing, 0.91 non-phosphite type) Foam inhibitor 300 ppm
• Fluids E to K were generated by adding a thiadiazole corrosion inhibitor and/or inventive Sample 8b to Formulation C. Each fluid was tested & rated in accordance with ASTM D130 at 121 & 150° C. for 3 hours as well as being subjected to the semi-submerged test at 80° C. for 168 hours. The results are given below:
• the transitional term “comprising,” which is synonymous with “including,” “containing,” or “characterized by,” is inclusive or open-ended and does not exclude additional, un-recited elements or method steps.
• the term also encompass, as alternative embodiments, the phrases “consisting essentially of” and “consisting of,” where “consisting of” excludes any element or step not specified and “consisting essentially of” permits the inclusion of additional un-recited elements or steps that do not materially affect the essential or basic and novel characteristics of the composition or method under consideration.

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