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Developing A Model System Of Liquid Lubricants For Space Applications: Multiple Alkylated Cyclopentane In Alumina Enclosed Surface, Vidit Singh
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"Lubricants are substances used for reducing friction wear tear and energy losses between two moving bodies. For space applications, normal lubricants cannot be used as they cannot survive the harsh and demanding conditions of space. Multiple Alkylated Cyclopentanes (MACs) have been utilized as space lubricants in recent times with tremendous results. NASA uses the MACs for their missions in space, in particular 1,3,4- tri-(2-octyldodecyl) cyclopentane sold by Nye Lubricants under the name of PennzaneTM.
In this research, an effort has been made to identify appropriate potential models for simulating Pennzane molecules and to develop MD simulation codes to …