2016-08-242016-08-241999-03-09http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72382Compositions for reducing wear and friction of rubbing surfaces including mixtures of a cyclic amide and a monoester formed by reacting a dicarboxylic acid and a polyol in substantially equimolar amounts where the dicarboxylic acid is a dimer of an unsaturated fatty acid. The invention also relates to methods of use of such compositions.application/pdfen-USPatenthttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/72/800/058/0.pdf800699144/32944/33844/34044/353508/263508/243508/268C10M141/06C10M129/76C10M133/38C10M133/16C10M2207/287C10M2207/288C10M2207/289C10M2215/08C10M2215/082C10M2215/086C10M2215/12C10M2215/122C10M2215/22C10M2215/221C10M2215/225C10M2215/226C10M2215/28C10M2215/305880072