Folks, 1-decene homopolymer, hydrogenated IS the technical designation for PAOs. "1-decene" - the raw synthesized olefin building blocks; "homopolymer" - a chain of identical olefins built up to the desired molecular weight; hydrogenated - any "loose" (more correctly, "unbound") valence bonds in the chain have been saturated with hydrogen as protection against oxidation in use.
[ November 04, 2003, 03:43 PM: Message edited by: Ray H ]