A lubricating oil composition exhibiting improved flow properties, specifically low temperature flow properties, and viscometric properties, particularly low temperature viscometric properties comprising lubricating oil and
(i) an amount effective to improve the low temperature flow properties of said lubricating oil composition of additive consisting essentially of at least one low molecular weight non-ethylene containing polymer or interpolymer containing pendent ester groups comprising repeating methylene units derived from mixture of aliphatic alcohols, said mixture containing at least about 25 weight percent C14 alcohol; and
(ii) an amount effective to improve the viscosity index of said lubricating oil composition of additive comprising copolymer of ethylene and at least one other alpha-olefin monomer, said copolymer comprising intramolecularly heterogeneous copolymer chains containing at least one crystallizable segment of methylene units and at least one low crystallinity ethylene-alphaolefin copolymer segment, wherein said at least one crystallizable segment comprises at least about 10 weight percent of said copolymer chain and contains an average ethylene content of at least about 57 weight percent, wherein said low crystallinity segment contains an average of not greater than about 53 weight percent ethylene, and wherein said copolymer has a molecular weight distribution characterized by at least one of a ratio of M w/ M of less than 2 and a ratio of M 2/ M w of less than 1.8, and wherein at least two portions of an individual intramolecularly heterogeneous chain, each portion comprising at least 5 weight percent of said chain, differ in composition from one another by at least 7 weight percent ethylene.
                            一种润滑油组合物,具有更好的流动性能(尤其是低温流动性能)和粘度性能(尤其是低温粘度性能),包括润滑油和
(i) 有效改善所述润滑油组合物低温流动性能的添加剂量,该添加剂主要由至少一种低分子量非
乙烯聚合物或内聚物组成,该聚合物或内聚物含有由
脂肪醇混合物衍生的重复亚甲基单元组成的下垂酯基,所述混合物至少含有约 25 重量百分比的 C14 醇;以及
(ii) 有效改善所述润滑油组合物粘度指数的添加剂用量,所述添加剂包含
乙烯和至少另一种α-烯烃单体的共聚物,所述共聚物包含分子内异构共聚物链,其中至少含有一个亚甲基单元可结晶段和至少一个低结晶度
乙烯-α-烯烃共聚物段、其中所述至少一个可结晶段包含所述共聚物链的至少约 10 重量%,并含有平均至少约 57 重量%的
乙烯含量,其中所述低结晶度段含有平均不大于约 53 重量%的
乙烯,并且所述共聚物具有分子量分布,其特征为 M w/ M 的比率小于 2 和 M 2/ M w 的比率小于 1 中的至少一个。8,且其中单个分子内异构链的至少两个部分(每个部分占所述链的至少 5 重量%)在组成上彼此相差至少 7 重量%的
乙烯。