Reduce Engine Wear

Hydrocarbons are used as lubricants, paints, sealants and adhesives for the metal parts in cars, and these organic materials must adhere well to surfaces to provide a good coating. The material must maintain its viscosity under shear, and be stable with respect to age, temperature, and chemical corrosion. Water also often plays a crucial role in the quality of lubricants. Accelrys software and services can help you find solutions to your specific design problems by enabling you to model many aspects of the lubricating material, including:

• Viscosity
• Chemical corrosion
• Thermal stability

Related Software and Services:

• Materials Studio DMol³ - density functional theory (DFT) quantum mechanical code
• Materials Studio QSAR - genetic function algorithms for building QSARs
• Materials Studio Forcite - advanced classical molecular mechanics tool
• Contract Research & Scientific Consulting Services - can help you eliminate problems in lubrication at low temperatures and high shear conditions, provide scaffolds for corrosion inhibitors and provide insights into stability of compounds under different external conditions

Related Case Study:

QSAR optimization of engine lubricants at Lubrizol