Tribology & Lubrication Technology
 March 2014

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FEATURES

20 MINUTES

20 Minutes With Dr. Susan Gardner
Klüber Lubrication North America’s regional R&D chemist discusses strategies that companies can employ to successfully develop and market lubricant products.

COMMENTARY

The business case for attending STLE’s Annual Meeting
The entire lubricants industry will plan the next business year in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Make sure your company is included.

WEBINARS

Base oils: Manufacture, properties, performance and applications
How to select the correct base oil before formulating a lubricant.

MARKETING TRENDS

Analysis: The global metalworking fluids market
Modest consumption increases are forecasted, accompanied by shifts in production sources.

FEATURE ARTICLE 

Developing metalworking fluids for lighweight metals
Regulations calling for improved fuel economy are creating new challenges for tribologists in the auto and aerospace industries.

TECH BEAT I 

Use of microwaves to prepare carbon monoxide
Microwaves can be used as a heating source to lower the temperature required to convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide.

TECH BEAT II 

Cobalt-based thin films
A new study conducted helps to better understand the structure of a self-assembled catalyst found to be effective in splitting water.

TECH BEAT III 

Water splitting and stabilizing catalyst surfaces
Researchers use an alternative approach to semiconductors that is known as the Dye Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cell to split water.

SOUNDING BOARD 

Most difficult to understand
For those entering the field, what is the most difficult part of tribology science or lubrication engineering to understand?

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