!/2 cup of oatmeal raw is about 150 calories. Cooking it will expand the volume but only because the oatmeal absorbs the liquid it is cooked in. As a rule of thumb it will about double in volume (1/2 cup raw = 1 cup cooked).
Applications Suitable for Grease Grease and oil are not interchangeable. Grease is used when it is not practical or convenient to use oil. The lubricant choice for a specific application is determined by matching the machinery design and operating conditions with desired lubricant characteristics. Grease is generally used for: 1  Machinery that runs intermittently or is in storage for an extended period of time. 2  Machinery that is not easily accessible for frequent lubrication. 3  Machinery operating under extreme conditions such as high temperatures and pressures, shock loads or slow speed under heavy load. 4  Worn components.
Grease is a semisolid lubricant. Grease generally consists of a soap emulsified with mineral or vegetable oil. The characteristic feature of greases is that they possess a high initial viscosity, which upon the application of shear, drops to give the effect of an oil-lubricated bearing of approximately the same viscosity as the base oil used in the grease. This change in viscosity is called shear thinning. Grease is sometimes used to describe lubricating materials that are simply soft solids or high viscosity liquids, but these materials do not exhibit the shear-thinning properties characteristic of the classical grease. For example, petroleum jellies such as Vaseline are not generally classified as greases.