Re: Grease and waxes

On 7/2/2024 12:22 AM, James wrote:

On 2/7/24 11:57, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 7/1/2024 1:12 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:

As usual the obvious candidates without a shred of knowledge of chemistry told you all that I didn't know what I was talking about when I said that Silca was making a block that looked like Chocolate that converted grease to wax.
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I have continued to be curious why people that know nothing would say things about which they know nothing. Grease and wax asr ONE chemical chain from being the same thing. Where the hell do you get Candle Wax from - TALLOW - which is animal fat. The lubricating grease on a new chain (SRAM no longer put this grease on a chain) is petroleum based but the chemistry is the same.
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And what would bring the usual noisome candidates to call Silca liars because I reported their product?

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It's difficult to tell who or what you're talking about, given your usual total lack of citations, quotations, etc. I suspect it's more of your fantasies or hallucinations.
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But to discuss a matter of fact: "Where the hell do you get Candle Wax from - TALLOW - which is animal fat" has been wrong for normal commercial candles for well over 100 years. See https://www.gregorylefever.com/pdfs/candle.pdf
or https://candles.org
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Some people still make or value tallow candles. Those are mostly the sorts of people who weave their own wool to make their own clothes, raise their own chickens, and tell time using only sundials. Heck, they probably use downtube friction shifters!
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  A mechanical engineer I worked for who's specialty is monitoring machine vibrations for the purpose of predictive or proactive maintenance, explained to me that lubricating grease is made from a mix of a "soap" and oil, and is not a blend of wax and oil.  Seems about right...
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_(lubricant)
 

Yes that's right, usually using lithium or calcium based binders.
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