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What is the difference between cloud point and pour point specially at diesel and lubricants?

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Question added by atef el badry , production chemist , badr petroleum company
Date Posted: 2015/10/31
Muhammad Waqas
by Muhammad Waqas , Chief Chemist , Hascol Petroleum Limited

Cloud point is the temperature below which wax in diesel forms a cloudy appearance. And that waxes thickens the oil and clogs fuel filters and injectors in engines.

And pour point is the minimum temperature at which a lubricants turns into semi solid and almost losses its flow characteristics. 

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