**Appendix A**


**Table A1.** Base oil, thickener type, mass concentrations of thickener, fulling penetration P w [17], and corresponding NLGI class [18] for the lubricating greases.


**Table A1.** *Cont.*

n.a.: not applicable

**Figure A1.** (**a**) Complex viscosity |*η*\*| as a function of the temperature of the lubricating grease made from the base oil KR-008 with 10 wt.% Li-12-hydroxystearate as a thickener (KR-008-10), measured in oscillatory shear with the deformation *γ* = 0.05%, angular frequency *ω* = 10 rad s<sup>−</sup><sup>1</sup> and cooling rate of −10 K min−1. Lines are to guide the eye. (**b**) Specific heat flow .*q* of the KR-008-10 grease at a heating rate of 10 K min−1. The grease shows a glass transition temperature *T*G at −74.5 ± 0.4 ◦C, marked by a solid line. The dashed line marks the pour point for the base oil KR-008 of −54 ◦C.

**Figure A2.** (**a**) Complex viscosity |*η*\*| as a function of temperature of the lubricating grease made from the base oil PAG with 11 wt.% Li-12-hydroxystearate as a thickener (PAG-11), measured in oscillatory shear with the deformation *γ* = 0.05%, angular frequency *ω* = 10 rad s<sup>−</sup><sup>1</sup> and cooling rate of −10 K min−1. Lines are to guide the eye. (**b**) Specific heat flow . *q* of the PAG-10 grease at a heating rate of 10 K min−1. The grease shows a glass transition temperature *T*G at −77 ± 0.2 ◦C, marked by a solid line. The dashed line marks the pour point for the base oil PAG of −51 ◦C.
