聚醚润滑剂的研究工作始于20世纪40年代。聚乙二醇早在1859年就合成出来,但20世纪40年代才用其作为润滑材料。1943年美国联合碳化物公司首先实现了工业生产,1945年以UCON商标推广到工业界,代替蓖麻油和甘油用作汽车制动液。第二次世界大战后,各种聚醚产品在美国得到迅速发展,直到60年代,世界主要工业国 Polyether lubricant research began in the 1940s. Polyethylene glycol was synthesized as early as 1859, but it was used as a lubricating material only in the 1940s. In 1943, Union Carbide firstly realized its industrial production. In 1945, it promoted the UCON trademark to the industry, replacing castor oil and glycerin for automobile brake fluid. After the Second World War, various polyether products developed rapidly in the United States. Until the 1960s, the world’s major industrial countries