By Stephen Robinson


Zinc dialkydithiophosphate is a compound usually found in lubrication engine oils. It is usually an additive that is added to the natural or synthetic oils for the purposes of lubrication to the moving parts. The STP, scientifically treated petroleum has been in production for over seventy years since their discovery in the 1940s. There are several advantages of zddp oil treatment that are above and beyond the normal oil lubricants, thus their persistent use for all those years.

The ZDDP treatment helps offer anti-wear agents that help preserve engine moving parts. It helps reduce wear and tear that would have been therefore catastrophic. At engine operation temperatures and pressure many of the engine parts would call a change every day. But with the treated oil, it has more capabilities to protect the engine for it to last long.

Lubrication of moving parts in engines is one of the important aspects in engineering. A good engine has less friction thus less wear. It also can make the engine running smoother since it requires only a small force to overcome friction and deliver power. It increases the measure of efficiency of an engine and the higher the efficiency, the better an engine works.

Friction apart from generating heat, it generates sound due to vigorous vibrations from the parts in contact. These sounds are sometimes loud and unpleasant irritating to the ear. The screeching sound may cause a lot of noise and can only be reduced if not eliminated through lubrication. A good lubricated contact makes virtually no noise during the engines running.

Zinc compounds added to oil also reduces the chances it burning since it gives the lubrication oil the required viscosity to no vaporize or reach flush point. It also adds thermal stability to the oil by increasing its density. Therefore, the fluid is much stable working at very high temperatures and still gives the ultimate performance and efficiency.

Oil treated with zinc dialkydiothiophosphate has some agents that prevent corrosion to the internal moving engine parts. They help coat the inside of the engine with a coat of zinc, which is usually a heavy metal and avoids the wear by corrosion of other agents that may have found their way into the inside.

The cost of treatment of oils with ZDDP is very small since the process itself was discovered in the 1940s where technological advancement was not that advanced. Therefore, it is easier even today to come up with much better and improved treated oils that have been tested and it would be much cheaper. The oils are also produced from a byproduct of crude oil that is easy to acquire and so is zinc metal because it is available in abundance in the earth crust.

The treated oil also has some antioxidants that help in cleaning the engine. They also help keep the oil density and avoid oil-thinning so as to maintain efficiency. They help remove any foreign chemical compound that would undermine the integrity of oil during high pressures and temperature by making other new compounds.




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