Tribology & Lubrication Technology
June 2024

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FEATURES

20 MINUTES (STLE MEMBER BONUS CONTENT)
20 Minutes With Lynn Billings
This scientist for RSC Bio Solutions discusses lubrication formulation and volunteering for STLE. 

20 MINUTES
20 Minutes With Oliver Koch
This professor at University of Kaiserslautern-Landau discusses sustainability and attracting young people to tribology. 

20 MINUTES
20 Minutes With Ariane Viat
This lubrication specialist at Constellium discusses aluminum rolling and emulsion stability.

LUBRICATION FUNDAMENTALS 

Application-specific lubricant tests
Industry organizations have developed standardized tests for lubricant characteristics and performance.

FEATURE

Sustainability: a multi-faceted subject
Bio-sourced, non-toxic, recyclable, recycled, lower carbon or longer oil drain—which one is more sustainable?

SCHOLARSHIP RESEARCH

Wear of alumina-PTFE against non-ferrous substrates
Tribology research report written by the recipient of the society’s 2023 scholarship program.

TECH BEAT I 

New biorefinery concept: Reduces both biofuel cost and carbon footprint
After pretreatment of biomass, further processing can lead to the production of ethanol, cycloalkanes, sugars and adipic acid.

TECH BEAT II 

Decarbonization of iron production
An electrochemical process, activated by applying a voltage across the electrodes, produces solid iron at the cathode.

TECH BEAT III 

Metal-doped copper catalyst: Facilitating electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction
Metal candidates were selected based on considering the selectivity-determining intermediate to be an acetaldehyde species. 

SOUNDING BOARD 

Digital technologies
Readers share their insights on digital technologies.

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