The development of automation and computer technology makes it possibl
e to develop and use widely methods for quantitative characterization
of the oxidative stability of technical products-fuels, oils, lubrican
ts, polymeric materials and so on - at the level of mathematical model
ling of their oxidation. Fundamental to this is sufficient information
not only for a detailed comparison of the oxidizability of different
petroleum products, but also for determination of causes of varying ox
idizability, and also for sound prediction of the antioxidative stabil
ity of the substances in a wider range of oxidation conditions than th
ose investigated. Finally, comprehensive quantitative characterization
of the oxidizability of petroleum products is necessary for effective
solution of the problem of their optimum protection against oxidation
under the action of atmospheric oxygen and heating by appropriate sel
ection of the stabilizer. It is by this means that many important prob
lems of modern chemical technology will be solved [1-3].