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* 'BORPower additive ?' arrived here at EcoModder.com in 8-16-2024.
* Using data for average mileage driven by Americans per year, provided by The U.S. Federal Highway Administration, and working backwards to arrive at 'worn-out' light passenger vehicles with 150,000-to- 200,000 miles on their odometer gives cars of model years from 2014, back to 2010, establishing the USA analogue for cars which fit the description.
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* Dr. Erdemir's 'Argonne National Laboratory' US PATENT dates to 1991.
* Research resumed in 2007, through 2011, with Dr. Erdemir publishing the results in July, 2013.
* By 2007, Argonne had abandoned the 'boric-oxide plating, reacting with colloidal nano-boric acid platelets in close proximity in a carrier oil.
* By 2011, when the University of Arkansas, USA concluded their investigations, the PAO-4 / surfactant / nano-boric acid technology had never been tested according to the ASTM Sequence test series in automotive engines.
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* In December, 2024, Elsevier was reporting on engine oil friction modifiers, referencing 2012 Tribology International reporting on engine friction, which referenced engine tests involving Dr. Erdemir, using year 2000 gasoline/diesel engine composite performance, which indicated that engine 'parasitic friction' constituting 11.5% of the engine's total energy flux for the automobile which measured 8.0-liters/ 100-km ( 29.4208- mpg ( US Gallons ).
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* Quezacotl commented on a 15% improvement in fuel economy, and 10% increase in engine power, both attributed to 'Boron'.
- According to the SAE, in order for an engine to gain 15% mpg, would require a 75% reduction in 'friction'.
- SAE 30W, Mineral ,motor oil has a coefficient of friction (mu ) = 0.12, and viscosity of 11.6-cSt @ 100-C ( 214-F ), fully-warmed.
- In order to achieve a 75% 'friction' reduction would require a motor oil with a mu= 0.03, and viscosity of 2.6-cSt.
- Mobil 1, full-synthetic motor oil has a viscosity of 3- cSt @ 150-C ( 302-F ).
- According to the SAE, no internal combustion can survive service loads with a lubricant of viscosity below 3-cSt, making a motor oil of 2.6-cSt problematic.
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* Increasing engine power by 10%, according to the SAE would require only a 37.6% friction reduction, or, mu= 0.07488 and approx. 7.238 cSt.
- According to SAE, if all 'Boundary-Mixed' region lubrication friction were eliminated completely, the engine would gain a 5.34% power increase, making a '10%' power improvement problematic for 'Boron.'
- If, on the other hand, all 'hydrodynamic' lubrication friction were removed, the engine would see a 10.66% power gain, however, we're talking about 'Pascal fluids' of zero viscosity.
- If all engine friction were eliminated, the engine would realize a 16% power increase.