As far as I can tell, LC was once marketed as Micro Lube. Micro Lube's active ingredient appears to have been cyclohexanone. The inventor, Jose B. Calva, appears to have thought that the benefit of cyclohexanone was to reduce the surface tension with metalic surfaces. His goal appeared to be a better penetrating oil. However, cyclohexanone appears to be a fairly good acid scavenger. In particular, cyclohexanone will combine with nitric acid to produce adipic acid and nitrous oxide. Both cyclohexanone and adipic acid would have some lubricity properties.
If the Micro Lube described above is not the forerunner of LC, please provide correction to this thread. I do not want an error to get propagated.
Reference trail:
http://www.tocmp.com/ads/1960/pages/Micro Lube 1960_jpg.htm
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT2...dq=2389608#PPP1,M1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipic_acid
If the Micro Lube described above is not the forerunner of LC, please provide correction to this thread. I do not want an error to get propagated.
Reference trail:
http://www.tocmp.com/ads/1960/pages/Micro Lube 1960_jpg.htm
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT2...dq=2389608#PPP1,M1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipic_acid