Re: Anyone up for an oil seminar?

[steveb@newkla.kla.com]

> OK folks, would there be any interest on the Quattro list for a series of
> posts on lubricant performance and theory?
> 
> They would cover things like base stocks, refining, formulation goals and
> additives, metrics, testing mechanisms and procedures (ASTM procedures,API
> service categories), terminology, etc. Not top-secret stuff, but things
> that might be of interest to an informed motorist.
> 
> They would be drawn from 2 texts produced by the Lubrizol Corp (for which
> I'm a contractor). They will be non-commercial in nature, and include as
> much empirical information as possible, along with citations where
> available. They will be posted as my time permits.
> 
I am definitely interested ... thank you Robert for offering this service
to the list.  Some people may have a problem with the sheer volume of the 
document, in this case I'd suggest that you e-mail the theoretical docs
to Dan S to have them included in the archives.  Once they were in place
a short posting would apprise the list that they werde [typo ... but it
sounds close enough to Cherman :] available.

Personally, either approach would be acceptable to me ... and much appre-
ciated.  Thanks again!

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)