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I researched this material over a period of many months.When I found information I read it, but had no real reason to retain it. I was trying to find out sufficient information to determine I wanted it. Then many more months searching for sources.In a number of cases, what appeared to be a good piece of information was behind a pay wall or required membership in some organization. I did not pursue those sources.
Hard information was fairly tedious to find. Following lots of links to finally find info. One of the best sources of information is the (I believe) principals of the company I have referenced for product; Apnano. They were behind a lot of the information I did find. They apparently were/are quite prominent in the development of the technology and basic research.
I appear to have misconstrued the point of the posts from JHZR2. As I noted, I am not an oil guy. Different kind of engineer entirely. I believe I was distracted by the discussion repeatedly reverting to nanotubes. But I read a lot and joust with windmills at every opportunity. As my wife will attest, I will see some little bit of information that intrigues me and I will hare off for many many hours in pursuit of more information on that little interesting bit. This one has consumed a lot of time.I have a few things that I would like to have as little friction as possible, improve the lifetime of surfaces meeting each other (at high speed, temperature, and pressure), and maybe control surface corrosion to some extent. Hence my quest for IF WS2.
I have one product here that includes IF WS2. I will buy another if I can verify what that stuff The Oil Hub has is. I believe I know; just want to verify dosage rate.
I also have some regular old WS2 (600nm). I have used it a few places and it is similar to Molybdenum Disulphide. Nasty to get off things and slippery. But without Graphite added as is popular in readily available consumer Moly. Do I notice the WS2 is better than the Moly; no. The effects are simply too small for me to just sense with normal tools (e.g., Mark I eyeball, standard arms and hands). But I know what it is doing. And it makes me happy.
A note on the 600nm (actually I believe a range of sizes as I am sure you know) WS2. I an using alcohol for a carrier. I can't go get the bottle right now, but I believe it does settle when it sits. A little shaking and it suspends nicely. I have no way to examine what it does at the scale of the particle size. But it does not seem to make big lumps at the macro level. I understand that that comment is not particularly meaningful for the discussion.
Hard information was fairly tedious to find. Following lots of links to finally find info. One of the best sources of information is the (I believe) principals of the company I have referenced for product; Apnano. They were behind a lot of the information I did find. They apparently were/are quite prominent in the development of the technology and basic research.
I appear to have misconstrued the point of the posts from JHZR2. As I noted, I am not an oil guy. Different kind of engineer entirely. I believe I was distracted by the discussion repeatedly reverting to nanotubes. But I read a lot and joust with windmills at every opportunity. As my wife will attest, I will see some little bit of information that intrigues me and I will hare off for many many hours in pursuit of more information on that little interesting bit. This one has consumed a lot of time.I have a few things that I would like to have as little friction as possible, improve the lifetime of surfaces meeting each other (at high speed, temperature, and pressure), and maybe control surface corrosion to some extent. Hence my quest for IF WS2.
I have one product here that includes IF WS2. I will buy another if I can verify what that stuff The Oil Hub has is. I believe I know; just want to verify dosage rate.
I also have some regular old WS2 (600nm). I have used it a few places and it is similar to Molybdenum Disulphide. Nasty to get off things and slippery. But without Graphite added as is popular in readily available consumer Moly. Do I notice the WS2 is better than the Moly; no. The effects are simply too small for me to just sense with normal tools (e.g., Mark I eyeball, standard arms and hands). But I know what it is doing. And it makes me happy.
A note on the 600nm (actually I believe a range of sizes as I am sure you know) WS2. I an using alcohol for a carrier. I can't go get the bottle right now, but I believe it does settle when it sits. A little shaking and it suspends nicely. I have no way to examine what it does at the scale of the particle size. But it does not seem to make big lumps at the macro level. I understand that that comment is not particularly meaningful for the discussion.