Wear Metal Analysis of Oils

This article concentrates on reviewing the literature related with wear metal analysis of oils. An overview on the existence of metals in oils and typical wearing situations is discussed briefly. Different pre-treatment methods of oil samples before wear metal analysis are presented with application remarks. Common measurement techniques of wear metal analysis, both qualitative and quantitative, are handled and compared with each other.

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