Since the early days of the automobile, drivers have poured water into the radiators of their cars. \u00a0A substance called ethylene glycol was added to the water to prevent the water from freezing. \u00a0The resulting mixture was safe for the car\u2019s engine and radiator because it was turned into a viscous slurry substance with tiny particles of ice, which were unable to cause damage the vehicle\u2019s engine and cooling system. \u00a0The resulting substance of water and ethylene glycol seemed to be ideal for older-type cars that had cast iron engines and brass radiators. \u00a0The water and ethylene glycol mixture it was safe in terms of corrosion for those early cars. \u00a0So it was the beginning for the invention of antifreeze. \u00a0The name of the substance literally means “against freezing”.<\/p>\n
The first troubles revealed themselves along with the development of more modern automobile construction. \u00a0The heated antifreeze slowly destroyed the engine metal when circulating in newer cars\u2019 cooling systems. \u00a0For this reason the water pump impeller and the cylinder head channel borders were simply destroyed.<\/p>\n
So research institutions began to look for a solution to the problem immediately and proposed the use of inorganic salts additives to decrease the corrosion activity of the antifreeze solution. \u00a0It hastened the emergence of a new layer on metal surfaces that was resistant to ethylene glycol.<\/p>\n
At this time antifreeze received another name, \u201ctosol.\u201d \u00a0The story of this new name is quite interesting. \u00a0The first three letters were formed by the name of the institute department that studied the problems of anti-freeze improvement – “The Technology of Organic Synthesis.” \u00a0The suffix \u201col\u201d is a tribute to chemical terminology. \u00a0This was the way \u201ctosol\u201d was introduced to the country for the first time.<\/p>\n
It bears repeating that any modern coolant used in auomotive applications is an antifreeze product. \u00a0Tosol is also an antifreeze product. \u00a0Most sellers use the word tosol to denote a liquid which is designed and suitable for domestic cars. \u00a0Although you can buy inferior quality fluids called “antifreeze.” \u00a0We recommend buying antifreeze only from reputable and trusted manufacturers such as those having good references from recognized automotive brands to ensure buying a quality product fir your car.<\/p>\n
Of course not every driver can afford to buy expensive antifreezes from well known manufacturers and suppliers. \u00a0That is probably why many car owners began to look for an antifreeze recipe for the purpose of saving money. But, in fact it turned to be not so simple. \u00a0Large companies do not give out commercial secrets, one of which is undoubtedly the product formulation.<\/p>\n
New data however, has become more accessible with the development of information technologies such as the internet. \u00a0In particular, the patent bases of the former Soviet Union were put on the Internet where one could find the a recipe for modern antifreeze. \u00a0Here we present only a few options. \u00a0Anyone who has access to the network can significantly expand this database.<\/p>\n
| \n Patent number<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Name of the component<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Content, %<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Patent \u21162182585<\/p>\n<\/td>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ethylene glycol<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 50-53<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sodium benzoate<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 4-6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sodium diphosphate<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 1-1.18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sodium nitrite<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 0.1-0.13<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Antifoaming agent PDMS-200\u0410<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 0.001-0.01<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sodium fluorescein<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 0,005-0,01<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Water<\/p>\n<\/td>\n The rest<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Patent \u21161806162<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Distilled water<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 33.41-41.92<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Ethylene glycol<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 54.314-62.33<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sodium hydroxide<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 0.791-0.912<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Benzene carboxylic acid<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 2.11-2.37<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Borax<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 0.622-0.713<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sodium nitrite<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 0,121-0,142<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Potassium nitrite<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 0.03-0.034<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sodium fluorescein<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 0,0007-0,0012<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Antifoaming agent PDMS-200\u0410<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 0.0006-0.0013<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sodium metasilicate 9-water<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 0.063-0.073<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The data in the table should be considered just for information purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since the early days of the automobile, drivers have poured water into the radiators of their cars. \u00a0A substance called ethylene glycol was added to the water to prevent the water from freezing. \u00a0The resulting mixture was safe for the car\u2019s engine and radiator because it was turned into a viscous slurry substance with tinyRead More <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[211],"class_list":["post-2334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-antifreeze"],"acf":[],"language":"en","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blending.globecore.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |