big_truxx
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what is synthetic oil made of? it's not petroleum based correct?
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what/how is synthetic oil made?
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sandawgk5
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Synthetic I think is a chemical reaction of some stuff. To my knowledge in a full synthetic there are no dinosaurs.
If I am wrong someone will correct me.
Ira
If I am wrong someone will correct me.
Ira
big_truxx
1/2 ton status
roadhawg said:
thanks
roadhawg said:
Isn't plastic a petroleoum product. Looks like they take oil and make oil?
And plastics are made from a petroluem base.roadhawg said:
sandawgk5
3/4 ton status
I am pretty sure that some of the new plastics do not require petroleum. They may use oils to make them just not petroleum based oils. I dunno intersting discussions to follow I am sure.
Ira
Ira
big_truxx
1/2 ton status
HarryH3 said:And plastics are made from a petroluem base.
so when the oil runs out so does plasticsandawgk5 said:
Found this: "Crude oil is the most common raw material for plastic monomers, Rubner says, because ``it's the most abundant, cheapest, easiest-to-use supply of the organic chemicals you need to make monomers.'' About 4 percent of crude oil turns into plastics." Here: How is plastic made?
A somewhat more technical discussion can be found at:
http://www.plasticsresource.com/s_plasticsresource/sec.asp?TRACKID=&CID=126&DID=228
its butter--no,its chiffon!
I read somewhere margarine is only 1 molecule away from being plastic!--it was discovered by accident during WW2 when they were looking for a way to make plastic without oil,or something like that..I thought that was weird!
...is it Chiffon??--no,its "roatella".. 
I read somewhere margarine is only 1 molecule away from being plastic!--it was discovered by accident during WW2 when they were looking for a way to make plastic without oil,or something like that..I thought that was weird!
...is it Chiffon??--no,its "roatella".. 
4by4bygod
1/2 ton status
PAO ( poly apha olefin ) synthetic oils such as mobil one / royal purple are made from compressing natural gas molecules into droplets of uniform size. different hydrocarbon chain, but still a hydrocarbon.
Tom
Tom
jhellwig
1/2 ton status
I was told that it is regular oil only they do something to it that makes all the molicules the same sizer or something.
And alot of plastics are made from soybean oil.
And alot of plastics are made from soybean oil.
4by4bygod
1/2 ton status
jhellwig said:
There is something called a group II oil, which is a mineral oil that's been refined and hydrotreated many times over, making the molecules pretty similar. That's how castrol is made, and they won a court fight, being able to call their oil synthetic too, just like the PAO's.
You also have ester based oils, which are good at absorbing heat, but will also swell your seals. everyone went to PAO because it's cheaper than ester, and of course the group II's are cheaper still. redline is an ester base, and amsoil used to be.
pretty much any PAO , ester , or mineral basestock blended with solvents and detergents can be called a synthetic nowadays, thanks to the castrol court case. The trick is to study the different types of basestocks, and how they react under combustion temps.
Tom
Mudgod
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Tom your right on the money here.4by4bygod said:
