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Re: Grease Vs Silicon Grease Vs Dielectric Grease [message #368585 is a reply to message #368582] Wed, 26 January 2022 16:56 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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boybach wrote on Wed, 26 January 2022 14:41
So where does white lithium grease fall in the scheme of things, Matt?

Larry
Larry,

Lithium greases are regular petrochemical greases as that they are lithium "soap" in a conventional oil base. While not exemplary lubricants, in that they do not have very high film strength, they are excellent at preventing corrosion. Most have relatively high pour points and so will stay where you put them.

A Soap in this case is any material with an extremely low shear strength. Most common of these are graphite (carbon in a loose lattice) and molybdenum-disulfide (MoS2).

Matt

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