Accession Number:

AD0600901

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF NONFLAMMABLE HYDRAULIC FLUID

Descriptive Note:

Bimonthly progress rept. no. 1, 1 Apr-1 Jun 1964

Corporate Author:

AMERICAN OIL CO WHITING IN

Personal Author(s):

• Bunting, K. R.
• Dobry, A. M.
• Swakon, E. A.
• Vienna, P. C.
• Mixon, L. W.

Report Date:

1964-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

The development of a water-base hydraulic fluid which 1 yields a fire-resistant non-aqueous residue, 2 is compatible with materials of construction and sea-water contamination, 3 satisfactorily lubricates shipboard pumps, 4 presents no unusual storage or handling problems, and 5 exhibits no toxicological hazards under conditions of use is described. Five- pound batches of four commercial chemicals were purified by distillation. Diethyl vinylphosphonate was synthesized and polymerized to yield a polymer of 1145 molecular weight. Polyethylene grease 1800 molecular weight was chlorophosphonated, hydrolyzed, and neutralized with sodium hydroxide to yield a water-soluble salt containing 15.5 phosphorus. Static tests showed a 10 solution of this product in water to be somewhat corrosive to steel and copper and noncorrosive to aluminum and galvanized steel.

Descriptors:

• *HYDRAULIC FLUIDS
• *FLAME INHIBITORS
• HAZARDS
• MATERIALS
• TOXICITY
• POLYMERIZATION
• SYNTHESIS(CHEMISTRY)
• CORROSION INHIBITION
• AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
• STORAGE
• CONTAMINATION
• PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
• SODIUM COMPOUNDS
• VINYL PLASTICS
• HANDLING
• PLASTICS
• SEA WATER
• HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
• HYDROXIDES
• FLAMMABILITY
• POLYETHYLENE PLASTICS

Subject Categories:

• Lubricants and Hydraulic Fluids

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE