Lubricating compositions

Claim 1

A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SOLID LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS, SEMI-FLUID LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS AND FLUID LUBRICATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING ABOUT 0.5 TO 50.0 WT. PERCRNT OF MIXEDSALT DISPERSED IN A MAJOR PROPORTION OF ANAPHTHENIC MINERAL LUBRICATING OIL AND STABILIZED WITH ABOUT 0.01 TO 5.0 WT. PERCENT OF A STABILIZING AGENT, WHEREIN SAID SOLID LUBRICANT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY HEATING SAID MIXED-SALT AT A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT TO FROM A COMPLES AND WITHIN THE RANGE OF 300* TO 500*F. AND WHEREIN SAID STABILIZER IS IN THE PRESENCE OF SAID MIXED-SALT WHEN THE TEMPERATURE HAS REACHED 300*F. IN SAID HEATING, WHEREIN SAID MIXEDSALT COMPRISES IN A MOLAR PROPORTION ABOUT 6 TO 50 MOLES OF AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL SALT OF A C2 TO C4 FATTY ACID PER MOLE OF AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL SALT OF A SULFONIC ACID OF ABOUT 200 TO 700 MOLECULAR WEIGHT, AND WHEREIN SAID STABILIZING AGENT IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP OF STAHILIZING AGENTS CONSISTING OF: MONO- AND DIALKYLORLAMIDES OF A C9 TO C21 SATURATED FATTY ACID WHEREIN SAID ALKYL GROUPS CONTAING 2 TO 9 CARBON ATOMS; ALKYLPHENOXY POLYOXYETHYLENE AND ALKYL ETHERS THEREOF WHEREIN SAID ALKYL GROUPS CONTAIN 1 TO 1I CARBON ATOMS AND THE NUMBER OF OXYETHYLENE GROUPS IN SAID POLYOXETHYLENE CHAIN IS 5 TO 30; AND FATTY ACID CONDENSATES OF POLYAMINES OF THE GENERAL FORMULA: