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The art of dispersant design

With dispersants comprising some 50% of crankcase lubricant additive packages, these important molecules must be carefully designed to deliver the functionality required in today’s fast changing market. Infineum’s Peter Wright talks about the development of dispersant chemistries that are optimised for crankcase applications.

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