Engine Lubricant

"It makes motors go, so why not humans?"

Engine Lubricant
Engine Lubricant Fluid Icon
Properties
Type	Petroleum
Made With/By	Chemical synthesis
Difficulty of Production	Easy-Medium
Exists in Reality	Yes
Can Be Placed	No
Temperature	~20°C
Renewable?	No
Warnings
Fire Diamond NFPA 704 2 1 0 Engine Lubricant

Motor oil, engine oil, or engine lubricant is any one of various substances used for the lubrication of internal combustion engines. They typically consist of base oils enhanced with various additives, particularly antiwear additives, detergents, dispersants, and, for multi-grade oils, viscosity index improvers

The main function of motor oil is to reduce friction and wear on moving parts and to clean the engine from sludge (one of the functions of dispersants) and varnish (detergents). It also neutralizes acids that originate from fuel and from oxidation of the lubricant (detergents), improves the sealing of piston rings, and cools the engine by carrying heat away from moving parts.

In Nuclear Tech Mod, Engine Lubricant is a fluid mostly used for the production of Petroil and Paraffin Wax, or even things as Gun Oil for the weapons. And there's also the High-Power Steam Condenser, being used as a upgrade to the normal Steam Condenser, machine used to convert Steam to Water. Generally, it is somewhat important to progression but still serves as another fluid mostly used for your other needs instead of progression.

Engine Lubricant is a brown-ish polluting liquid, that can be produced in a few ways and be used in a few ways as mentioned before. It can also be found on yellow canisters named "Canister: Engine Lubricant", each holding about 1000mB of the fluid, together with "BDCL", a canister item which also holds 1000mB of Engine Lubricant.

Production

There are 3 ways of the production of Engine Lubricant to be achieved. The first one being in a Chemical Plant:

Chemical Plant

Inputs	Recipe
Chemistry Template: Lubricant Mixing Production Time: 1.0 second Inputs: Heating Oil, Unsaturated Hydrocarbons	500mB 500mB 1,000mB

The second method of production is through Fractioning Tower(s):

1,000mB

600mB

400mB

And third and last method of Engine Lubricant is in a Industrial Mixer, having 3 ways of you being able to produce the fluid. These are as followed:

200mB

800mB

1,000mB

200mB

800mB

1,000mB

500mB

500mB

1,000mB

Uses

Engine Lubricant has quite the few uses, as stated at the start, it is mostly used to produce a few things that aren't that relevant for the progression in the mod. Leaving that aside, these are the uses:

Chemical Plant

Inputs	Recipe
Chemistry Template: Petroil Mixing Production Time: 1.5 seconds Inputs: Reclaimed Industrial Oil, Engine Lubricant Produces: Petroil	800mB 200mB 1,000mB
Chemistry Template: Methamphetamine Synthesis Production Time: 1.5 seconds Inputs: Engine Lubricant, Hydrogen Peroxide, Wheat, Cocoa Beans Produces: Ithis-Brand Radium Chocolate	400mB 400mB Wheat 2

At the Industrial Solidification Machine, 100mB of Engine Lubricant can be used to produce a single Paraffin Wax.

At the Coker Unit:

12,000mB

1,200mB

And lastly, at the Industrial Mixer:

200mB

800mB

1,000mB

Trivia

• Motor oil is a lubricant used in internal combustion engines, which power cars, motorcycles, lawnmowers, engine-generators, and many other machines. In engines, there are parts which move against each other, and the friction between the parts wastes otherwise useful power by converting kinetic energy into heat. It also wears away those parts, which could lead to lower efficiency and degradation of the engine. Proper lubrication decreases fuel consumption, decreases wasted power, and increases engine longevity.
• Lubricating oil creates a separating film between surfaces of adjacent moving parts to minimize direct contact between them, decreasing frictional heat and reducing wear, thus protecting the engine. In use, motor oil transfers heat through conduction as it flows through the engine.
• Coating metal parts with oil also keeps them from being exposed to oxygen, inhibiting oxidation at elevated operating temperatures preventing rust or corrosion. Corrosion inhibitors may also be added to the motor oil.

External Links

Motor Oil Wikipedia Page

Gallery

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  Pouring fresh motor oil into an engine

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  Quart containers of branded bottled motor oil at a store

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  Lubrication of a ship's steam engine crankshaft. The two bottles of lubricant are attached to the piston and move while the engine is operating.