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acid number

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acid number [′as·əd ¦nəm·bər]
(chemistry)
(engineering)
A number derived from a standard test indicating the acid or base composition of lubricating oils; it in no way indicates the corrosive attack of the used oil in service. Also known as corrosion number.


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Depending on the nature of the lubricant, you get undesirable effects such as viscosity increases and acid number increases, all of which could cause wear and corrosion.
[1]) results in a serine to leucine change in envelope amino acid number 452, and the A to G substitution at position 2386 results in an isoleucine to valine change in envelope amino acid position 474.
, featured new and reportedly user-friendly software for its NIR polyol analyzer system used to measure the hydroxyl value and acid number of urethane polyols both in the lab and for on-line process control.
 
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