Tribology & Lubrication Technology
 January 2014

 View the digital edition >

---

FEATURES

COMMENTARY

‘Drill, baby, drill’
How the gasoline shortages of the 1970s set the course for today’s energy policies.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Deleterious particles in lubricating greases
Particles in greases can be controlled with the manufacture of improved raw materials.

FEATURE ARTICLE 

Leveraging the power of oil analysis
‘It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.’

TECH BEAT I 

New approach to steering off-road vehicles
A more efficient steering system has been developed that improves productivity and reduces fuel consumption.

TECH BEAT II 

More effective compressed natural gas storage
New composite prepared with a graphene derivative displays good impermeability to gas and improved mechanical properties.

TECH BEAT III 

Using rust to capture solar energy
A process known as photoelectrochemical water splitting uses a semiconductor to split water into oxygen and hydrogen.

SOUNDING BOARD 

Designing an app
If you could design any app to help with your work, what would you build?

---

COLUMNS

---