Patent ID: 7718585

Claim:
A lubricating composition of matter comprising a polymer, where said polymer comprises a superabsorbent polymer that absorbs greater than about 100 times its weight in water combined with a material for lubricating a surface wherein said material for lubricating a surface comprises: (1) a lubricating metal and alloy thereof, a lubricating metal chalcogenide, halide, carbonate, silicate or phosphate, or a particulate lubricating metal nitride, or a carbon lubricant; or (2) a silicate ester, polyphenyl ether, phosphate, biphenyl, phenanthrene, or phthalocyanine compound; (3) said material for lubricating a surface optionally containing a lubricant comprising an, organic lubricant, inorganic lubricant, or water, or a lubricant additive; or (4) mixtures thereof.