Synergistic and antagonistic effects on oxidation stability of antioxidants in a synthetic ester based oil

Synergistic and antagonistic effects have been observed with the four sulfur-, phosphorus- and heavy metal-free antioxidants, hindered bis-phenol, octylated diphenylamine, octylated phenyl-alpha-naphthylamine and tolutriazole derivative, on the oxidation stability, thermal and physicochemical properties of dioctyl sebacate oil. The oxidation stability was evaluated using a rotary bomb oxidation tester. The results from isothermal and catalytic RBOT oxidation tests suggested that ODPA has an antagonistic effect on the OIT. The combination of HP:OPANA:TZ exhibited the highest and most synergistic antioxidant activity. Furthermore, synergism was observed in terms of both oxidation and thermal stabilities through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.