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Car lubricants: fact and friction

04 Feb 2002

Physicists are developing better oils and lubricants that promise to improve the fuel efficiency of cars and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

Smooth operator
Lubricants are essential in modern life. Car engines and gearboxes run smoothly thanks to sophistica

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Ian Taylor is in the Automotive Lubricants Group at Shell Global Solutions (UK), Cheshire Innovation Park, PO Box 1, Chester CH1 3SH, UK, e-mail ian.i.taylor@opc.shell.com
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