%0 Thesis %A Davies, Rebecca %D 2017 %T The role and significance of singlet oxygen in the degradation of engine oils %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/thesis/The_role_and_significance_of_singlet_oxygen_in_the_degradation_of_engine_oils/9395930 %2 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/17010503 %K Singlet oxygen %K Antioxidant %K Engine oils %K Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified %X The potential role of singlet oxygen in the oxidation, and subsequent degradation, of engine oils was investigated using spectroscopic steady-state and singlet oxygen lifetime measurements. Three currently commercially available antioxidants; a sterically hindered amine (aminic), a sterically hindered phenol (phenolic) and sulfurized olefin, all provided by Lubrizol, were tested alongside previously documented singlet oxygen quenchers; α-tocopherol and squalene. [Continues.] %I Loughborough University