Grease

Dear Colleagues,

Everybody has made use of “Grease” in their daily lives. The word “grease” originates from the early Latin word “crassus,” meaning fat. For our purposes and with respect to this Special Issue, we will be focusing on lubricating grease, essentially being eponymous with the name of the hosting journal Lubricants. According to ASTM, lubricating grease may be defined as “a solid-to-semi-fluid product of dispersed thickening agents in a liquid lubricant”. Other functional ingredients such anti-wear and extreme pressure additives may be included, with the overall goal to induce special properties/functionalities.

Grease is a very complex lubricant, and we have never had a Special Issue just focusing on this key product, and lubricating greases are often underrepresented in the technical literature. In the last few years, significant research progress on greases has been made, ranging from specific chemical formulation of greases for special applications to how grease interacts with various surfaces, tribological advances in grease properties, and new techniques for grease property measurements, etc. Recently, greases have also been evolving, as they are playing a key part in the lubrication of electric vehicles. We aim to select the top research avenues and papers worldwide related to lubricating greases in this compilation. This Special Issue wishes to be the first of its kind, and we plan to make this an annual exercise where our compendium is aimed at discussing the latest developments worldwide encompassing all areas related to greases.

Dr. Raj Shah
Dr. Mathias Woydt
Dr. Simon C. Tung
Prof. Dr. Andreas Rosenkranz
Guest Editors

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