Upping oil performance w/crumpled graphene balls

[Pajamarama]

http://phys.org/news/2016-01-oil-crumpled-graphene-balls.html

"In a series of tests, oil modified with crumpled graphene balls outperformed some commercial lubricants by 15 percent, both in terms of reducing friction and the degree of wear on steel surfaces."

Sounds promising.

 

[Oregoonian]

Very interesting. Wonder have far this will get in the lubrication industry.

 

[Vern_in_IL]

Liquid ball bearings!!!! With our Z-8 grapheme additive.

Think with your dipstick!!!!

Can you imagine the marketing on this? Exciting, hopefully Mobil is all over this!!

 

[Quattro Pete]

I cant wait to see blackstone uoa on this.... "We have found some balls in this sample..."

 

[Virtus_Probi]

I'm going to cut up some printer paper into tiny pieces, crumple the tiny pieces into balls, and toss them into my oil.
Anybody know a good patent lawyer???
;^)

 

[Pajamarama]

Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
I'm going to cut up some printer paper into tiny pieces, crumple the tiny pieces into balls, and toss them into my oil.
Anybody know a good patent lawyer???
;^)


This is why Mr. Huang is a professor and you are not.

 

[Virtus_Probi]

Originally Posted By: Pajamarama

This is why Mr. Huang is a professor and you are not.

Well, I may not have been a professor at Northwestern, but I was a teaching assistant for a special program there.
For one summer.
Teaching 12 to 17 year old gifted kids.
Some of whom were smarter than me.
And I wasn't asked back for the next summer.
:^(

 

[Pajamarama]

Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
12 to 17 year old gifted kids.
Some of whom were smarter than me.


Me too. Seems there's more and more of them as I get older, and it annoys me more and more each year.

That's the way the graphene ball bounces, I guess...

 

[Pontual]

Buckyballs

 

[DoubleWasp]

I see a major problem here. The phrase "balls deep" is in serious danger of becoming a scientific term.

 

[John_Conrad]

Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
I'm going to cut up some printer paper into tiny pieces, crumple the tiny pieces into balls, and toss them into my oil.
Anybody know a good patent lawyer???
;^)


I believe you want the firm of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe!

 

[Shannow]

Surely they could just add a quart of TGMO and one of M1 0W40 (SM version), and be done with all this nano stuff.

 

[CT8]

NANO is good just like the official anything NASCAR is good.