The microbiology of coolant/lubricants

Abstract

It has been known, for at least 80 years, that micro‐organisms existed which have the capability of attacking aliphatic and aromatic hydro‐carbon materials; it has only been in the last decade that any attempt has been made to exploit the practical implications of the earlier work. Now that the attention of the metal‐working industries has been drawn to the economic and hygienic consequences of bacterial and fungal infections, the subject is beginning to attract the attention that it deserves.

Citation

Purkiss, B.E. (1976), "The microbiology of coolant/lubricants", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 28 No. 2, pp. 44-49. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053107