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Old October 7th 03, 07:57 AM
Mike
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Theo Bekkers wrote:

The primary purpose of grease is lubrication. Grease is just very
thick oil.


Not quite, Theo. In common english usage, "grease" can refer to
solid oils, such as animal fat. But lubricating "grease" is
completely different. It just looks the same, hence the same name.
As he said, its oil + thickeners.

http://www.lubems.com/Composition.htm

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