Lithium soap thickeners are produced by reacting fatty acids—most commonly 12-hydroxystearic acid—with lithium hydroxide, forming a fibrous and me ...

PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) thickeners use finely dispersed fluoropolymer particles within the base oil. PTFE is chemically inert, exhibits extreme ...

Polyurea thickeners are formed through a chemical reaction between amines and isocyanates and contain no metallic components. This chemistry provides ...

Quick Comparison Table Thickener TypeTemp ResistanceWater ResistanceLoad CapacityCommon UsesLithiumMediumMediumMediumGeneral purposeLithium Complex ...

What Is Lubricating Grease? Lubricating grease, unlike lubricating oil, is a semi-solid lubricant composed of a base oil, a thickening agent, and p ...

Global grease production entered its tenth year of decline in 2024, found the National Lubricating Grease Institute in its global grease production su ...

Lithium thickeners rule the market. But why is lithium grease so popular, and might its popularity peter out as formulators develop other types of gre ...

China’s grease industry continued shifting away from lithium soap thickeners, according to the latest survey from the United States-based National L ...

The grease industry’s use of lithium soap thickeners continued to decline in 2023 both worldwide and in North America, as producers looked for ways ...

The portion of greases made with lithium thickeners continued to decline in Europe in 2023, according to the latest survey by the National Lubricating ...

Standard Lithium Ltd. announced a partnership with international energy major Equinor to develop two lithium extraction projects in east Texas and wes ...

Lithium's versatility has made it the go-to for decades, but developing alternatives is now a priority.

In the not-too-distant past, the grease industry had a fair amount of sway when it came to the price of lithium.

Explore the building blocks of lubricating greases as well as trends in global grease demand.

Lithium greases are under pressure from a run-up in lithium prices and from calls for the European Union to classify the mineral as hazardous, an indu ...

ExxonMobil announced Monday that it will enter the lithium business by drilling a well for the mineral in Arkansas. The American energy giant added th ...

Avalon Advanced Materials and Metso Corp. reached a memorandum of understanding this week to develop a lithium hydroxide production facility in the Ca ...

North America’s lubricating grease production jumped up 16% in 2022, signaling a further rebounding from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, accor ...

European grease production declined slightly in 2022, dipping less than a third of one percent compared to the prior year, according to the National L ...