TY - JOUR AB - <jats:p>A comparison has been made between the reversible adsorption and the friction-reducing properties of long-chain fatty amines on stainless steel. This has shown that adsorption and lubricant failure depend on concentration of amine and temperature in a similar way. Breakdown of lubrication may therefore be associated with reversible desorption of amines from steel surfaces. Measurement of the adsorption properties of the fatty amines indicates a lowering of the isosteric heat of adsorption at low temperatures, which may result from ‘pre-freezing’ of the hydrocarbon solvent.</jats:p> DO - 10.1098/rspa.1974.0027 EP - 419 PY - 1974/// SN - 0080-4630 SP - 407 TI - A comparison of adsorption and boundary lubricant failure T2 - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1974.0027 VL - 336 ER -