MIL-L-16785
Grade A
(obsolete)

NYCOLUBE 109

PETROLEUM LUBRICATING OIL

NYCOLUBE 109 is made of a petroleum base oil and castor oil. It separates rapidly and shall be thoroughly mixed before applying. It is intended for the lubrication, during summer, of breech blocks in connec­tion with guns used in naval ordnance.


Main characteristics

Properties Units Typical values Test methods
Appearance — turbid liquid —
Density at 20oC kg/dm3 0.897 ASTM D 4052
Kinematic viscosity mm2/s   ASTM D 445
  at 100oC   9.0  
  40oC   86  
Pour point oC -30 ASTM D 97
Acid number (pH = 11) mg KOH/g 0.7 ASTM D 664