Synthetic Lubricants

Synthetic Lubricants are generally hydrocarbons as in case of mineral oils or may be hydrocarbons with some oxygen as in case of vegetable oils or can be even void of hydrocarbons. What actually differentiates is that synthetic lubricant means specially synthesized lubricant to make it specific chemical or mixture of extremely small range of chemicals which will give sharp focused lubrication properties as per exacting requirements. Therefore synthetic lubricants can be much superior to mineral lubricants, but will be extremely costly and therefore user has to make trade off. This is why mineral lubricants constitute major portion in lube market.