Demulsibility of a lube oil is defined as...

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• Demulsibility in lubrication engineering refers to how a lube oil behaves when it becomes contaminated with water • Why it is important for lube oil in engines and gears to either mix with or separate from water • How water contamination is normally removed from lube oil (settling, centrifuging, draining)

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• Ask yourself: in real shipboard practice, what property of lube oil makes it easier to remove water from a sump or purifier? • Think about which option describes a property of the oil itself, rather than a condition or a measurement of the system. • Which choice would be most important for maintaining effective lubrication when sea water or condensation enters the system?

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• Verify which option actually describes a property of the oil (not a system reading or a mixture). • Check which choice directly relates to how oil and water behave together when mixed. • Eliminate any option that talks about temperature or about mixing different oils rather than oil and water.

Demulsibility of a lube oil is defined as __________.

the ability of oil to separate from water

the temperature at which oil flows rapidly

a measure of the water in a lube oil system

an emulsion of different grades of oil

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