Stabilized imide graft of ethylene copolymeric additives for lubricants
US4137185A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10M2217/06
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Oil-soluble, derivatized ethylene copolymers derived from about 2 to 98 wt. % ethylene, and one or more C.sub.3 to C.sub.28 alpha-olefins, e.g. propylene, which are grafted, preferably solution-grafted under an inert atmosphere and at elevated temperatures and in the presence of a high-temperature decomposable free-radical initiator, with an ethylenically-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid material and thereafter reacted with a polyamine having at least two primary amine groups, e.g. an alkylene polyamine such as diethylene triamine, to form carboxyl-grafted polymeric imide, usually maleimide, derivatives are reacted with an anhydride of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.30 hydrocarbyl substituted acid, preferably acetic anhydride, to yield an oil-soluble stable amide of said polyamine whereby oil solutions of said amide derivative are characterized by minimal viscosity change over an extended period of time. Useful number average molecular weight (M.sub.n) of said copolymers range from about 700 to 500,000; however, if the molecular weight is from 10,000 to 500,000 then these copolymers are also useful as multifunctional viscosity index improvers.
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