US2813828A - Stabilized grease composition containing a thiodiarylamine and a dialkyl telluride or selanide - Google Patents

Stabilized grease composition containing a thiodiarylamine and a dialkyl telluride or selanide Download PDF

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US2813828A
US2813828A US503809A US50380955A US2813828A US 2813828 A US2813828 A US 2813828A US 503809 A US503809 A US 503809A US 50380955 A US50380955 A US 50380955A US 2813828 A US2813828 A US 2813828A
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  • This invention is concerned with improved grease compositions. More particularly, it is directed to soap-base greases containing a combination of additive materials for improving the durability of the grease.
  • Greases are primarily subject to the degenerating influences of air and heat.
  • the degradation of the ingredients present in grease compositions results in the formation of materials such as acids and the like which are corrosive to bearings and furthermore generate additional decomposition of certain of the grease ingredients.
  • Numerous additives have been investigated for improving various properties of greases including their corrosion resistance, thermal stability, oxidation resistance and extreme pressure properties. It has been the experience of most investigators to find that the addition of many materials, while improving the grease composition with respect to a certain function thereof, simultaneously causes or increases a disadvantageous property of the grease. More specifically, certain corrosion inhibitors have been found to improve the corrosion resistance of the grease compositions but at the same time to cause the latter to have poorer oxidation (or bearing performance) properties.
  • alkali metal soap greases which have been previously stabilized against corrosion by the addition of oil-soluble sulfonates and/ or the presence of alkylphenoxypolyethoxy ethanols
  • alkali metal soap greases containing the combination of oil-soluble petroleum sulfonates together with the alkylphenoxypolyethoxy ethanols have been found to be improved in resistance 'to corrosiorr but their oxidation (or bearing performance) properties have been impaired by the presence of these combined additives.
  • the present invention comprises the discovery that this disadvantageous property is unexpectedly overcome to a surprisingly great degree by the combined presence of the thiodiarylamines and the dialkyl selenides or tellurides (or the corresponding mercaptans). This is especially unexpected in view of the fact that the use of the individual additives is of a relatively minor order but that when employing both of the materials together far more than an additive efiect results.
  • the soaps which are utilized as the gelling agent for the subject grease compositions comprise the alkali metal soaps of fatty or hydroxy fatty acids wherein single acids or mixtures thereof may be employed, the acids predominating in members having carbon atom chain lengths of between about 12 and about 24 carbon atoms and preferably between about 16 and 22 carbon atoms.
  • the alkali metal radical may be either sodium, lithium or potassium, or mixtures thereof, while the greatest response is found when modifying greases gelled with either soaps predominating in lithium l2-hydroxy stearate or soaps predominating in lithium stearate, or mixtures of said soaps.
  • the proportion of soap utilized in the subject composition may vary depending upon the consistency desired, but should be suflicient to gel the lubricating oil to a grease consistency. Normally, the soap content will'be within the range from about 5% to about 25% by weight of the composition.
  • R is an aliphatic radical
  • R1 is a substituent of the group consisting of hydrogen atoms and aliphatic radicals
  • X is an element of the group consisting of selenium and tellurium
  • n is a whole number less than 3, i. e., 1 or 2, said compound containing at least 8 carbon atoms per molecule.
  • the constituents R and R1 are aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals and the element X is selenium.
  • the three principal groups of compounds falling within the general formula, as defined above, include dialkyl selenides, dialkyl diselenides and alkyl selenomercaptans as well as the analagoustellurium compounds and substituted or unsaturated analogs of the same.
  • dialkyl selenides dialkyl diselenides and alkyl selenomercaptans as well as the analagoustellurium compounds and substituted or unsaturated analogs of the same.
  • 1S0 Ditetradecyl selenide is C14H29 Se C14H29iso Dihep-tadecyl selenide, iso C17H35 Se C17 Has-iso Polar substituted monoselenides Bis (beta-chlorocetyl) selenide 0 Hair 0 H' C HgSe-CH:' C H- 014E ('11 $1 Bis beta-hydroxy cetyl) selenide 0 H19- 0 H- C Hg-Se-CHg- C H- C Hg: 1a: H
  • Dilauryl selenoxide
  • dialkyl selenides anddialkyl tellurides preferably containing at least'8. carbon atoms in an alkyl group
  • the alkyl groups R and R1 may be not only straight and branched chain saturated alkyl groups C11H21L+l, but also straight and-branched chain unsaturated aliphatic groups CnHZn-l, C71H21L3, etc., and also cycloalkyl or cy'cloaliphatic groups. 'That is,--the1 groups attached to selenium and tellurium in the compounding agents of the present invention, may be saturated, unsaturated or cyclic aliphatic groups.
  • the groups R and R1 may be substituted by aromatic groups, such as thephenyl, hydroxy phenyl' and amino phenyl groups, provided such groups are spaced at least one carbon atom from the group (X11).
  • Polar groups such as chlorine, bromine, hydroxyl, ether, keto, amino, free carboxyl, metallo carboxyl, carboxy ester, mercapto, mercaptide," inono-, diand poly-sulfide, etc., may be substituted in the groups R and R1 of the selenides and tellurides of the present invention. Two or more selenide or telluride groups (X)'n may be present in the molecule.
  • selenium and tellurium compounds of the present invention decyl methyl menoselenide, cetyl ethyl monoselenide, octyl decyl monoselenide; dieicosyl monoselenidejdioctyl diselenide, didecyl diselenide, diheptadecyl dise'lenide, dieicosyl diselenide; decyl methyl monotelluride, cetyl ethyl monotelluride, octyl decyl monotelluride didecyl monotelluride, diundecyl monotelluride, dilauryl monotelluride, ditetradecyl monotelluride, dicetyl monotelluride, diheptadecyl monotelluride, dieicosyl monotelluride; dioctyl ditelluride
  • chlorinated hydrocarbons such as decyl chloride, dodecyl chloride, tetradecyl chloride, cetyl chloride, heptadecyl chloride, eicosyl chloride, chlorinated lubricating oil and chlorinated wax.
  • the selenides are preferred to the tellurides, because they are more stable and more easily prepared. However, the tellurides are highly effective as oil stabilizers and may be preferred in certain cases. Mixtures of selenides or tellurides are suitable, such as those prepared by condensing a metal selenide, polyselenide, telluride or polytelluride with a chlorinated or brominated mixture of hydrocarbons, for example, chlorinated or brominated lubricating oil or parafiin wax. It is not essential that all of the halogen be removed in the condensation reaction; thus a chlorinecontaining dialkyl selenide ortelluride or mixture of dialkyl selenides or tellurides may be used. Also, a mixture of selenides and tellurides may be used.
  • seleno-"-or' telluro-mercaptans are also effective. These selenium compounds arethe aliphatic selenomercaptans. Tellurium may be substituted for selenium,
  • R1, R2 and R3 are hydrogen or organic radicals (any two of which may be joined to form a single, bivalent radical), C is an aliphatic carbon atom (i. e., a carbon atom other than a carbon atom forming part of a benzenoid ring), and X is selenium or tellurium.
  • the preferred compounds of the invention are those containing 8 to 30 carbon atoms, most advantageously, 10 to 30 carbon atoms in the molecule.
  • the selenium compounds are preferred to the tellurium compounds.
  • selenium and tellurium compounds of the invention are Z-ethylhexyl, decyl, lauryl, cetyl, octadecyl, and paraflin selenomercaptans and 2-ethylhexyl, lauryl and octadecyl telluromercaptans.
  • Other-radicals i.
  • alkyl radicals such as undecyl and tetradecyl
  • aralkyl radicals such as 'cetylbenzyl and cycloaliphatic radicals such as ethylcyclohexyl and butyl cyclohexyl
  • the organic radical attached to selenium may contain an .unsaturated group or may be substituted by a non-hydrocarbon substituent such as chlorine, hydroxyl, alkoxyl,
  • parafiin as used herein to designate an organic radical is meant a radical derived from paraffin wax; e. g., parafiin selenomercaptan is a selenomercaptau (actually, a mixing of selenomercaptan), such as can'be prepared by using chlorinated paraffin wax as an organic chloride, R.Cl, to be reacted, with NazSez to form a dialkyl diselenide, RSeSeR.
  • aliphatic as used herein without qualification to designate an organic radical attached to selenium or tellurium, is meant an organic radical whose attachment to selenium or tellurium is through a non-benzenoid carbon atom; e. g., octadecyl, benzyl and cyclohexyl selenomercaptans are all aliphatic selenomercaptans as aliphatic is herein defined.
  • the second class of additives to be incorporated together with the above-described selenides, tellurides and the corresponding mercaptans comprise the thiodiarylamines.
  • R is an aromatic radical.
  • Three principal .classes of inhibitors fall within the above general 'formula. These comprise species based upon thiodiphenylamine, those based on thiophenyl naphthylamine and finally, those based upon thiodinaphthylamine.
  • the preferred class of inhibitors of this type comprise the thiodiphenylamines as typified by phenothiazine.
  • the aryl radicals contained in these materials may be modified by such substituents as alkyl radicals having less than 6 carbon atoms each, hydroxy groups or amino radicals and any amino radicals in the compound may be likewise modified by replacement of hydrogen atoms with alkyl, aryl, hydroxy or amino substituents.
  • the general formulae and species thereunder of these three classes of materials are given herewith:
  • a particularly effective type of additive comprises the amino thiodiphenylamines which have the general R and R in the above formula may be substituents such as hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, heterocyclic or cycloparaflin groups. Species falling within this class are given below.
  • the combination of these two materials produced an entirely unexpected magnitude of efiect in extending the bearing life of greases and in overcoming the disadvantages which are created by the incorporation of other additives utilized for special purposes.
  • the results are especially outstanding and surprising when the additives comprise oil-soluble sulfonates or alkylphenoxypolyethoxy ethanols or combinations of these materials.
  • the incorporation of the latter two materials decreases the bearing life of the grease even though they may at the same time provide increased protection against corrosion.
  • the sulfonates may be oil-soluble sulfonic compounds derived from the treatment of heavy hydrocarbon oils with strong sulfuric acid, followed by neutralization.
  • Suitable sulfonic acids from which the salts are formed are well known in the art as possessing rust-proofing properties, and as set forth in expired U. S. Patent No. 1,630,101 granted to the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, May 24, 1927, and in other U. S. patents including Nos. 1,795,993, 2,923,367, 2,119,553, 2,182,992, 2,348,715 and 2,349,785.
  • sulfonates contain a polar type of molecule which is oil-soluble, and further, they possess the property of adhering to the metal to which they are applied, thereby preventing scufiing or pushing away of the oil films. Therefore, sulfonates keep the metal surfaces constantly covered with a film of the lubricant and also act as a rust-proofing agent.
  • Various soaps of the sulfonates may be used including metal soaps such as sodium, lithium and calcium sulfonates.
  • Lithium petroleum sulfonate is found to be a very satisfactory rust-proofing agent.
  • Many of the other metal sulfonates are well known in the art to act as rustproofing agents when incorporated in a lubricating grease.
  • lithium petroleum sulfonate that is, the lithium soap of the product produced by reacting a lithium salt with the sulfonate resulting from the treatment of heavy hydrocarbon oils with strong sulfuric acid, is thought to be novel with the applicants.
  • organic amino oil-soluble sulfonates function satisfactorily as a rust-proofing agent when incorporated in lithium soap and sodium soap when the molecular weight of said sulfonates approach the molecular weight of the oil.
  • Short chain molecules are not as soluble in oil as the larger chain molecules.
  • alkali petroleum sulfonates and the synthetic hydrocarbon sulfonates which give the best results are those which have an average molecular Weight of 300 to 500, thereby tending to make the sulfonate quite soluble in both naphthenic and paraffinic base oils.
  • the phenoxy ethanols have the general formula where R is an aromatic nucleus of the benzene, anthracene, phenanthrene, naphthalene or other condensed ring series, Y is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, arylaliphatic or aryl group having at least four carbon atoms, and n is a whole number between 3 and 10 (preferably 4).
  • rust-preventive additives in greases of this invention are substituted phenoxy tetraethoxy ethanols, substituted naphthoxy tetraethoxy ethanols, sub stituted anthroxy tetraethoxy ethanols, substituted phenanthroxy tetraethoxy ethanols, and the like, wherein at least one of the substituents in the aromatic nucleus is a group such as butyl, amyl, hexyl, octyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, oleyl or other alkyl group containing up to 30 carbon atoms; a cycloaliphatic group, such as cyclohexyl, octyl-cyclohexyl, lauryl-cyclohexyl, cetyl-cyclohexyl, butyl-cyclohexyl,
  • the substituents above mentioned may have straight or branched chains and the aromatic nucleus of the -above-defined compounds may have more than one substituent which .may' eitherbe the sameor a different group.
  • the aromatic nucleus of the above compounds may contain four orrnore carbon atoms; the remaining substituent'or substituents may then optionally contain less than four carbon.
  • the. diand poly-substituted compounds of thetype described above are more eifective in inhibiting rustformation when. incorporated in greases than the mono-substituted compounds.
  • the use of the former type compounds accordinglyrepresents a preferred embodiment of this invention.
  • thesubstituted phenoxy tetraethoxy ethanols. are suitably employed as rust-preventive additives in the greases of the present invention.
  • n is an integer between about 3 and 1:0, preferably 5, X is a halogen atom, said condensation taking place in the presence of an alkali to split out an alkali metal halide and thus yield the desired inhibitor.
  • Example I A grease prepared by gellinga 4:1 weight ratio of bis(2-ethylhexyl) sebacate and light mineral lubricating oil with lithium stearate was used as the primary grease tobe modified by additives and is labeled grease A.
  • Grease B was formed by incorporating in this. grease 1.5% by Weight of sodium petroleum sulfonates having an average molecular weight of about 470 and 1% by Weight of octyl phenoxy tetraethoxy ethanol.
  • Grease C was prepared by modifying grease B With the addition of 1% by weight of phenothiazine and 1% by'weight of dilauryl selenide.
  • the table given below lists the data obtained by utilizing these three greases in a high temperature bearing test at temperatures of 250 and 300 F. at 10,000 R. P. M.
  • Example II A grease was prepared by gelling a medium viscosity mineral lubricating oil with lithium l2-hydroxy stearate.
  • a lubricating grease comprising a major amount of a mixed lubricating oil, said oil comprising a major amount of bis(2-ethylhexyl) sebacate and a minor amount of a mineral oil, a minor amount of lithium stearate sufficient to thicken saidoil to a grease consistency, and 0.252% by weight each of sodium petroleum sulfonates, octylphenoxytetraethoxyethanol, dilauryl selenide and phenothiazine.
  • a lubricating grease composition comprising a major amount of a mineral lubricating oil, a minor amount sufficient to gel said oil to a grease consistency, of lithium hydroxy stearate, and 0.25-2% by; weight each of sodium petroleum sulfonates, octylphenoxytetraethoxyethanol, dilauryl selenide and phenothiazine.
  • a lubricating grease comprising a major amount of a mineral lubricating oil, a minor amount of lithium stearate sufficient to gel said oil to a grease consistency, and from about 0.1% to about 3% -by weight each of an alkali metal hydrocarbon sulfonate, an alkyl-substituted phenoxy polyethoxy ethanol,.-a dialkyl selenide and a thiodiphenylamine.
  • a lubricatinggrease comprising a major amount of a mixed lubricating oil, saidoil comprising a major amount of bis(2-e thylhexyl) sebacateandaminor amount of a mineral oil, a minor amount of lithium stearate sufficient to thicken said oil to a grease consistency, and from about 0.1% to about;3% by Weight each of an alkali metal hydrocarbon'sulfonate, an alkyl-substituted phenoxy polyethoxy ethanol, a dialkyl selenide and a thiodiphenylamine.
  • a lubricating grease comprising a major amount of a mixed lubricating oil, said oil comprising a major amount of bis(2-ethylhe,xyl) sebacate and a minor amount of a mineral oil, a minor amount of lithium stearate sufiicient to thicken said oil to a grease consistency, and from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight of phenothiazine and dilauryl selenide.
  • a lubricating grease comprising a major amount of mineral lubricating oil, a minor amount of lithium hydroxy stearate sufiicient to thicken said-oil to a grease consistency, and from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight each of phenothiazine and dilauryl selenide.
  • a lubricatinggrease comprising a major amount of a mixed lubricating oil, said oil comprising a major amount of .an aliphatic ester of a dicarboxylic acid and a minor amountof a mineral lubricating oil, a minor amount of lithium. soaps of fatty acids sufficient to thicken said oil to a grease consistency, and from about 0.1% ,to about 3% by Weight each of a dialkyl selenide and a gthiodiphenylamine.
  • a lubricating grease comprising a major amount of amineral lubricating oil, a minor amount oflithium soap of hydroxy fatty acids suflicient to thicken the oil to a grease consistency, and from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight each of a dialkyl selenide and a thiodiphenylamine.
  • a lubricating grease comprising a major amount of a mixed lubricating oil, said oil comprising a major amount of an aliphatic ester of a dicarboxylic acid and a minor amount of a mineral lubricating oil, and a minor amount of a lithium soap sufficient to thicken the oil to a grease consistency, and from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight each of a dialkyl selenide and a thiodiphenylamine.
  • a lubricating grease comprising a major amount of a lubricating oil, a minor amount of a lithium soap suflicient to thicken the oil to a grease consistency, and from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight each of a dialkyl selenide and a thiodiphenylamine.
  • a lubricating grease comprising a major amount of a mineral lubricating oil, a minor amount of a lithium soap sufiicient to thicken the oil to a grease consistency, and from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight each of a dialkyl selenide and a thiodiphenylamine.
  • a lubricating grease comprising a major amount of a lubricating oil, a minor amount of an alkali metal soap sufficient to thicken the oil to a grease consistency, and from about 0.1% to about 3% by weight each of a dialkyl selenide and a thiodiphenylamine.
  • R is an aliphatic radical
  • R1 is a substituent of the group consisting of hydrogen atoms and aliphatic radicals
  • X is an element of the group consisting of selenium and tellurium
  • n is a full integer less than 3, said compound containing at least 8 carbon atoms per molecule.

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