Environmental and health aspects
Abstract
Traditional mineral oil based lubricants have significant drawbacks with respect to the environment and health hazards for professional users and consumers. Obviously biolubricants are not entirely harmless either. However there is a clear difference in the magnitude of the health and specifically the environmental hazards connected to mineral oil based products versus biolubricants. In this chapter the environmental issues will be dealt with first followed by a short description of the health hazards.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Lubricants and Their Additives
Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
Tribology and Lubrication Engineering
Publication details
- Journal / source
- CRC Press eBooks
- Pages
- 33–65
- Publication date
- 19 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter