Are PAGs the perfect environmental hydraulic oils?

Oxidation processes for PAGs vs hydrocarbon oils (Dow Chemicals)

The US EPA has set out the criteria for what is required to classified and considered an approved Environmentally Acceptable Lubricant, or EAL, but not all hydraulic oil products on the market meet this specification, explains Jim Burton, Coast Lubricants of Canada.

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