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US2553422A
US2553422A US99860A US9986049A US2553422A US 2553422 A US2553422 A US 2553422A US 99860 A US99860 A US 99860A US 9986049 A US9986049 A US 9986049A US 2553422 A US2553422 A US 2553422A
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  • This invention relates to the production of lubricating greases and more particularly to the production of a lubricating grease thickened with a complex of a petroleum sulfonate and a low molecular weight carboxylic acid salt.
  • thickener commonly used is a soap or a mixture of soaps of the fatty acids.
  • Soaps of calcium, barium, sodium, lithium, and the like, have long been used as thickeners for mineral base lubricating oils.
  • the calcium soap greases are the most widely used of all greases but are not particularly suited for the lubrication of anti-friction bearings which operate at fairly high temperatures. Since there is a tendency in the industry largely to increase the operating temperature of antifriction bearings as lubricants have become available to maintain such bearings, greases of superior performance at high temperature are desirable.
  • the metallic saltof the lower molecular weight carboxylic acid such as calcium acetate for example, is added and emulsification takes place immediately.
  • Dehydration is brought about by raising the temperature of the mixture to about 250 F., and after the desired amount of dehydration the grease mixture is cooled and packaged.
  • the amount of the reactant salt employed 1. e., the metallic salt of the monocarboxylic acid is said to. be dependentupon the approximate number of sulfonate ions present in the mixture, 1. e., the
  • the molar proportion of the petroleum sulfonate and the reactant salt for the grease of Zimmer et a1. is disclosed as being 1:1.
  • the object of this invention to prepare a superior grease composition by incorporating into a lubricating oil an alkaline earth metal sulfonate that is soluble in the oil, that is to say, one that has an acid radical weight of between 300 and 500 and in addition to the oil soluble sulfonate a salt of a low molecular weight aliphatic carboxylic acid.
  • the invention has a further object. the production of a grease composition which contains a complex addition product of an oil. soluble alkaline earth sulfonate and a salt of a low molecular weight carboxylic acid, the complex addition product being composed of from 28 to 55% of the salt in the acid solution and about 45 to 72% of the sulfonate.
  • a further object of this invention is to prepare a grease composition by incorporating in a lubricating oil base a complex addition product of an oil soluble alkaline earth sulfonate and an alkaline earth salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight aliphatic carboxylic acids, said complex addi-z
  • a complex addition product of an oil soluble alkaline earth sulfonate and an alkaline earth salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight aliphatic carboxylic acids said complex addi-z
  • the preferred embodiment of this invention contemplates utilizing from 10 to 30% by weight S. S. U. and a viscosity at 100 F. of 500 S. S. U. were blended together in a, vessel and heated with stirring to a temperature of about 150 F. The desired amount of calcium acetate was added in a 20% aqueous solution and the batch slowly heated to dehydration, stirring being continued throughout the heating. The dehydration was carried out to a maximum temperature of 300 F.
  • the grease was cooled to room temperature without stirring, and filtered through a 28 x500 mesh screen.
  • the lubricating oil which is used as the base stock, may be any of the various lubricating oils known to the art either natural orv synthetic.
  • the complex;addition product com-' carboxylic acid to the alkaline earth metal sulfonate may vary from 1:1 to 102-1, the preferred molar ratio being from 2.5: 1 to 7.511.
  • the petroleum sulfonic acid used to form the alkaline earth metal salt should have a molecular weight within. a range of from about 350 to 600, preferably 400 to 500, and any of the alkaline earth metal sulfonates are operable.
  • Examples of the low molecular weight carboxylic acids which may be used to react with the alkaline earth metal basic materials suchas the alkaline earth metal-oxides, carbonates or hydroxides to form the acid salts are acetic, oxalic, formic, tartaric, propionic, lactic, and the like, the salts of the alkaline earths and acetic acid being preferred.
  • the sulfonate concentrate a modifier such as a-p'artially esterified polyhydric alcohol, for example, sorbitan trioleate, and a' mineral coastal distillate, having a viscosity at 210 of
  • the present invention comprises the grease composition formed by incorporating into a lubricating oil the desired amount of complex addition product of an oil soluble alkaline earth petroleum sulfonate and an alkaline earth metal salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight carboxylic acidsin which the addition product is formed of varying percentages of the acid salt with about 10% of the sulfonate.
  • a grease composition comprising a lubricating oil'a'nd from 10 to 30% by weight of a complex additionlproduct of an oil soluble alkaline earth metal petroleum sulfon'ate and an alkaline earth metal salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight carboxylic acids, said complex addition product being formed of from 28 to 55% by weight of said acidsalt with about 45 to 72% by weight of the said oil soluble sulfonate.
  • a grease composition comprising a lubrieating oil and from 10 to 30% by weight of a complexaddition product of an oil soluble alkaline earth metal petroleum sulfonate and an alkaline earth metal salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight aliphatic ca'rboxy'lic acids, said complex addition product being formed from substantially equal percentages of the said oil soluble metal'sulfonate and the said'acid salt.
  • a grease composition comprising a mineral lubricating oil and from 10 to 30% by weight of a complex addition product of an oil soluble alkaline earth metal petroleum sulfonate and an alkaline earth metal salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight aliphatic carboxylic acids, said complex addition product being composed of from 2.5 to 7.5 mols of said acid salt to 1 mol of said oil soluble metal sulfonate.
  • a grease composition comprising a mineral lubricating oil and 20% .by Weight of a complex addition product of an oil soluble alkaline earth petroleum sulfonate and an alkaline earth metal salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight carboxylic acids, said complex addition product having a molar ratio of 6.25 mols of said acid salt to 1 mol of said oil soluble metal sulfonate.

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Patented May 15, 1951 SULFONATE GREASE Rosemary OHalloran, Elizabeth, N. J., 'assignor to Standard Oil Development Company, a corporation of Delaware No Drawing. Application June 17, 1949, Serial No. 99,860
This invention relates to the production of lubricating greases and more particularly to the production of a lubricating grease thickened with a complex of a petroleum sulfonate and a low molecular weight carboxylic acid salt.
Various suggestions have been made in the prior art for the improvement of the high temperature properties and the modification of other properties of lubricating greases by modifying the characteristics of the material used to thick- 5 Claims. (01. 25233.2)
en lubricating oil to a grease consistency. The
thickener commonly used is a soap or a mixture of soaps of the fatty acids. Soaps of calcium, barium, sodium, lithium, and the like, have long been used as thickeners for mineral base lubricating oils. The calcium soap greases are the most widely used of all greases but are not particularly suited for the lubrication of anti-friction bearings which operate at fairly high temperatures. Since there is a tendency in the industry largely to increase the operating temperature of antifriction bearings as lubricants have become available to maintain such bearings, greases of superior performance at high temperature are desirable.
A number of suggestions have been made recently that greases of high dropping point can be made from petroleum sulfonates by incorporating therein a salt of a low molecular Weight acid. In Reissue Patent No. 23,082 to Zimmer et al. on January 25, 1949 there is disclosed a grease composition made by thickening a mineral lubricating oil with a so-called Werner complex formed from a petroleum sulfonate and a salt of a low molecular weight carboxylic acid such as acetic acid. This patent teaches that the amount of thickener used may vary from about 0.5% to 50% of the total composition. According toythe disclosure of the reissue patent, the petroleum sulfonate is blended with the desired mineral oil by agitation at the desired temperature. When the blend is prepared, the metallic saltof the lower molecular weight carboxylic acid, such as calcium acetate for example, is added and emulsification takes place immediately. Dehydration is brought about by raising the temperature of the mixture to about 250 F., and after the desired amount of dehydration the grease mixture is cooled and packaged.
According to the Zimmer et al. patent, the amount of the reactant salt employed, 1. e., the metallic salt of the monocarboxylic acid is said to. be dependentupon the approximate number of sulfonate ions present in the mixture, 1. e., the
am unt of i e a tan a t is u ated on an.
anion per anion basis. In other words, the molar proportion of the petroleum sulfonate and the reactant salt for the grease of Zimmer et a1. is disclosed as being 1:1.
Although the grease compositions made in accordance with the disclosure of the Zimmer et al. patent have many desirable characteristics under some conditions of use, they are found to be lacking in certain other properties. For example, it has been found that under conditions of extreme shear, they do not perform satisfactorily. Also, their oxidation resistance is low and it is found that even the addition of oxidation inhibitors fail to improve this important characteristic. I
It has now been found, and is the subject of this invention, that substantial improvement in the performance of the sulfonate greases, both in regard to oxidation resistance and other .desirable characteristics, can be obtained by a very considerable increase in the relative amount of the metallic salt of the low molecular .weight carboxylic acid present in the coordination com-.. plex preferably until it is substantially equal in weight proportion to the amount of the petroleum sulfonate. tive amount of the acid salt used in the prepara tion of the thickening complex is increased so that the mol ratio of the acid salt to the petroleum sulfonate is about 6 to 1, a very superior grease composition results.
It is, therefore, the object of this invention to prepare a superior grease composition by incorporating into a lubricating oil an alkaline earth metal sulfonate that is soluble in the oil, that is to say, one that has an acid radical weight of between 300 and 500 and in addition to the oil soluble sulfonate a salt of a low molecular weight aliphatic carboxylic acid.
The invention has a further object. the production of a grease composition which contains a complex addition product of an oil. soluble alkaline earth sulfonate and a salt of a low molecular weight carboxylic acid, the complex addition product being composed of from 28 to 55% of the salt in the acid solution and about 45 to 72% of the sulfonate.
A further object of this invention is to prepare a grease composition by incorporating in a lubricating oil base a complex addition product of an oil soluble alkaline earth sulfonate and an alkaline earth salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight aliphatic carboxylic acids, said complex addi-z In other words, when the relafor the thickener and the oil soluble sulfonate acting as the protective colloid in dispersing and modifying the characteristics of the structure.
The preferred embodiment of this invention contemplates utilizing from 10 to 30% by weight S. S. U. and a viscosity at 100 F. of 500 S. S. U. were blended together in a, vessel and heated with stirring to a temperature of about 150 F. The desired amount of calcium acetate was added in a 20% aqueous solution and the batch slowly heated to dehydration, stirring being continued throughout the heating. The dehydration was carried out to a maximum temperature of 300 F.
After dehydration, the grease was cooled to room temperature without stirring, and filtered through a 28 x500 mesh screen.
The test results on the grease composition obtainedby the standard test of methods are for convenience tabulated in the table below:
TABLE I Sulfbfidt greases Strontium Sulfonate 450 M. Wt), 2% of a Partially Esterified Polyhydric Alcohol Modifier, A Coasta V Distillate (500 SSU at 100 F., 55 SSU at 210 F.) and Calcium Acetata] Mol Ratio (Calcium Acetate to Strontium Sulfonate) 1.25:1 2.50:1 3.75:1 6.25:1 7.50:1 Calcium Acetate, Per Cent by Weight 2 l 4 0 l0 l2 Penetration mm./l0 Unworked 316 256 225 180 207 60 Strokes Worked 412 317 297 274- 325 Water Wash, Per Cent Loss at 77 70 60 17. 5 20.0 AXS-l574 Wheel Bearing Test 1 Fail Fail Fail Pass Fail Drop Point, F 184 454 478 565+ 402 ABEQ-NLGI High Temp. Spindle Test Hrs. at 300 F. and I 10,000 R. P. M 7 5 132 727.7 Norma-Hoffman'n Bomb Test 2 Hrs. to 5 p. s. i. Drop 1.- 140 250+ 250 ABEC Test, Appearance 3 After Test Fluid Fluid Fluid Ohannelled I Good Army' Experimental Specification 1574 43013. P. M; for 6 hrs. at 220 F., spindle temp 2 Government Specification ANG (100 hrs. minimum). 3 Annular Bearing Engineer Committee Bearing test (3,500 R. P. M. for minutes at room temperature).
of the complex addition product. However, an amount of the complex addition product within a range of from 5 to by weight results in a very satisfactory grease when blended with the desired oil. The lubricating oil, which is used as the base stock, may be any of the various lubricating oils known to the art either natural orv synthetic.
Although the complex;addition product com-' carboxylic acid to the alkaline earth metal sulfonate may vary from 1:1 to 102-1, the preferred molar ratio being from 2.5: 1 to 7.511.
The petroleum sulfonic acid used to form the alkaline earth metal salt should have a molecular weight within. a range of from about 350 to 600, preferably 400 to 500, and any of the alkaline earth metal sulfonates are operable. Examples of the low molecular weight carboxylic acids which may be used to react with the alkaline earth metal basic materials suchas the alkaline earth metal-oxides, carbonates or hydroxides to form the acid salts are acetic, oxalic, formic, tartaric, propionic, lactic, and the like, the salts of the alkaline earths and acetic acid being preferred.
In accordance with the process of this invention/several examples of sulfonate greases containing a complex composed of 10% strontium sulfonate and from 2 to 12% calcium acetate were prepared. These greases were all manufactured according to the following procedure.
The sulfonate concentrate, a modifier such as a-p'artially esterified polyhydric alcohol, for example, sorbitan trioleate, and a' mineral coastal distillate, having a viscosity at 210 of In summation, the present invention comprises the grease composition formed by incorporating into a lubricating oil the desired amount of complex addition product of an oil soluble alkaline earth petroleum sulfonate and an alkaline earth metal salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight carboxylic acidsin which the addition product is formed of varying percentages of the acid salt with about 10% of the sulfonate.
It isto' be understood that conventional a'd ditives may be used in the grease compositions of this invention. These additive materials such as tackiness agent's, viscosity index improvers, anti-corrosion agents, oxidation inhibitors, extreme' pressure agents and the like may be in-- corporated by methods familiar to the art.
What is claimed is:
l. A grease composition comprising a lubricating oil'a'nd from 10 to 30% by weight of a complex additionlproduct of an oil soluble alkaline earth metal petroleum sulfon'ate and an alkaline earth metal salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight carboxylic acids, said complex addition product being formed of from 28 to 55% by weight of said acidsalt with about 45 to 72% by weight of the said oil soluble sulfonate.
2. A grease composition comprising a lubrieating oil and from 10 to 30% by weight of a complexaddition product of an oil soluble alkaline earth metal petroleum sulfonate and an alkaline earth metal salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight aliphatic ca'rboxy'lic acids, said complex addition product being formed from substantially equal percentages of the said oil soluble metal'sulfonate and the said'acid salt.
9 A grease composition comprising a mineral lubricating oil and from 10 to 30% by weight of a complex addition product of an oil soluble alkaline earth metal petroleum sulfonate and an alkaline earth metal salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight aliphatic carboxylic acids, said complex addition product being composed of from 2.5 to 7.5 mols of said acid salt to 1 mol of said oil soluble metal sulfonate.
4. A grease composition comprising a mineral lubricating oil and 20% .by Weight of a complex addition product of an oil soluble alkaline earth petroleum sulfonate and an alkaline earth metal salt of an acid selected from the group consisting of low molecular weight carboxylic acids, said complex addition product having a molar ratio of 6.25 mols of said acid salt to 1 mol of said oil soluble metal sulfonate.
5. A grease composition according to claim 1 in which the metal salt of the oil soluble sulfonate is strontium sulfonate and the acid salt is calcium acetate.
ROSEMARY O"H.ALLORAN.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Re. 23,082 Zimmer Jan. 25, 1949

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1. A GREASE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A LUBRICATING OIL AND FROM 10 TO 30% BY WEIGHT OF A COMPLEX ADDITION PRODUCT OF AN OIL SOLUBLE ALKALINE EARTH METAL PETROLEUM SULFONATE AND AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL SALT OF AN ACID SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, SAID COMPLEX ADDITION PRODUCT BEING FORMED OF FROM 28 TO 55% BY WEIGHT OF SAID ACID SALT WITH ABOUT 45 TO 72% BY WEIGHT OF THE SAID OIL SOLUBLE SULFONATE.
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