Synergistic and antagonistic effects on oxidation stability of antioxidants in a synthetic ester based oil

Synergistic and antagonistic effects have been observed with the four sulfur-, phosphorus- and heavy metal-free antioxidants, hindered bis-phenol, octylated diphenylamine, octylated phenyl-alpha-naphthylamine and tolutriazole derivative, on the oxidation stability, thermal and physicochemical properties of dioctyl sebacate oil. The oxidation stability was evaluated using a rotary bomb oxidation tester. The results from isothermal and catalytic RBOT oxidation tests suggested that ODPA has an antagonistic effect on the OIT. The combination of HP:OPANA:TZ exhibited the highest and most synergistic antioxidant activity. Furthermore, synergism was observed in terms of both oxidation and thermal stabilities through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).