Re:Plastic to Oil – Produces 80% Oil
by TSiege on Thursday January 19, 2023 @09:22AM
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Fascinating and makes sense. I've recently gone down a rabbit hole on the uses of linseed oil pre fossil fuels, but it's too gummy to ever be used as a lubricant. Do you know off hand which seed oils were used for lubricants?
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Re:Plastic to Oil – Produces 80% Oil
by ElevenLathe on Thursday January 19, 2023 @09:29AM
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Castor oil was famously used as a lubricant in early WWI-era airplane engines. The fumes would blow in the pilot's face and are also a laxative.
Haha that's amazing! Hopefully the pilots weren't too phased. Thanks for sharing
Did some further digging and it looks like it does have a tendency to gum. From wikipedia, "The viscosity of castor oil at 10 °C is 2,420 centipoise,[28] but it tends to form gums in a short time, so its usefulness is limited to engines that are regularly rebuilt, such as racing engines. Lubricant company Castrol took its name from castor oil."