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Haze-free polymer additives for fuels and lubricants

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OSTI ID:5889859

A process for preparing a substantially haze-free mineral hydrocarbon oil solution concentrate composition is described which comprises a mineral oil of lubricating viscosity and from about 0.1 to 50 wt.% based upon the total weight of the composition of a dispersant-viscosity index improver material having haze forming tendencies. The dispersant-viscosity index improver has been formed by grafting a copolymer consisting of ethylene and propylene in the presence of a free radical initiator with (a) a vinyl containing nitrogen monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl pyridine, lower alkyl (C/sub 1/C/sub 18/) substituted C-vinyl pyridine and N-vinyl pyrrolidine or, (b) a monomer system comprising maleic anhydride and monomers copolymerizable therewith being alpha-beta mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing up to 10 carbon atoms and post reacting the graft with a polyamine or, (c) maleic anhydride, which graft is subsequently reacted with a polyamine, polyol, or hydroxy amine. The process consists essentially of treating the concentrate composition with about 0.5 to 25% by wt., based upon the weight of the composition of an oil soluble alkyl hydroxy benzene compound, the compound containing 1-3 alkyl groups, each containing about 8-12 carbon atoms and the compound having 1-3 hydroxy groups, at a temperature of about 50/sup 0/C to 150/sup 0/C.

Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ
Patent Number(s):
US 4707285
OSTI ID:
5889859
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English