
The International Tribology Conference (ITC*) Nagasaki 2000 was held for five days from October 29 through November 2, 2000 at the Nagasaki Brick Hall.
On the second day, October 30,monday, one of our researchers read a paper. The presenter was Mr. Atsuo Miyashita, a researcher of Lubricant Materials Research Group, Surfactant Development Research Laboratory. The laboratory has been making a research for years on the lubricating mechanism of the organic molybdenum compound, Adeka Sakuralube
With the subject of "Surface Chemistry of Molybdenum Type Friction Modifier", he stated about the formation of film on the metal surfaces and its conditions, claiming the effectiveness of organic molybdenum compounds to the world. (Technical information of Sakuralube)
* International Tribology Conference (ITC)
Tribology is "a science dealing with lubrication". ITC, which is held once every five years, is positioned as the meeting where the tribology researchers in the world get together.