ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE (ESR) SPECTRA OF BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE (BHT) AS EVIDENCE OF FREE RADICAL FORMATION IN ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) DAMAGED LUBRICATING OILS
Journal Title: Tribologia - Year 2014, Vol 256, Issue 4
Abstract
Electrostatic discharges were generated in typical ISO VG 46 cSt turbine lubricating oil by passing the oil through a glass fibre filter element at a hydraulic load of 0.06 L*min-1*cm-2. The oil exhibited electrical conductivity of 8 pS*m-1 at 25°C. The experiment was performed at room temperature. The maximum amplitude of ESD arcing events recorded was approximately –500 V. The magnitude of these arcing events was sufficient to generate a free radical formation of the BHT antioxidant additive generally employed as an antioxidant in typical turbine lubricating oil formulations. The free radical formation was evidenced by a clearly observable ESR signal corresponding to the BHT radical as recorded on an X-Band MiniScope MS100 spectrometer with a resonant frequency of 9.43 GHz and a maximum field sweep of 400 mT. These results indicate that ESD can well be responsible for initiating the free radical polymerization process postulated to result in varnish formation in turbine lubricating oils.
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John K. DUCHOWSKI
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