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ASTM TESTING - Tests

TEST DESCRIPTION

METHOD

SAMPLE AMT.

Accelerated Stability

Dupont F21-61

100 mL

Aniline Point

ASTM D-611

Appearance, Distillate Fuels

ASTM D-4176

100 mL

Aromatics And Saturates By HPLC

AI

1 mL

Ash Content

ASTM D-482

50 mL / 30 gr

Ash Content, Coolants

ASTM D-1119

30 gr

Ash, Sulfated Residue

ASTM D-874

50 mL / 30 gr

Boiling Point Of Coolants

ASTM D-1120

100 mL

Carbon Residue, Conradson

ASTM D-189

10 gr

Carbon Residue,
Ramsbottom (% Wt.)

ASTM D-524

5 gr

Carbon Residue, Ramsbottom


(10% Residue)

ASTM D-524

120 mL

Cetane Index, Calculated

ASTM D-976 / D-4737

120 mL

Chlorine In New & Used Oils

EDXRF

5 mL

Chlorine, Total, In Oil By Dexsil Field Kit

ASTM D-5384

50 mL

Chlorine, Total, In Oil, By Titration

Titra-Chlor C

50 mL

Clorine, Metalworking Fluid


In The Presence Of Sulfur

ASTM D-4294

30 mL

Cloud Point

ASTM D-2500

50 mL

Cold Crank (Automatic)

ASTM D-5293

60 mL

Cold Crank Simulator

ASTM D-5293

10 mL

Cold Flow Plug Point CFPP

EN116

100 ml

Color, Astm

ASTM D-1500

50 mL

Color, Gardner

ASTM D-1544

5 mL

Color, Saybolt

ASTM D-156

250 mL

Conductivity (Hardness)

AI

Cone Penetration Grease

ASTM D-1403

Coolants

NALCO

10 gr

Copper Strip Corrosion

ASTM D-130

50 mL

Deleterious Particles In Greases

ASTM D-1404

1 gr

Density, Gravity By Hydrometer

ASTM D-1298

125 mL

Dielectric Breakdown

ASTM D-1816

500 mL

Dielectric Breakdown

ASTM D-877

100 mL

Dissolved Gas
Analysis(DGA) Transformers

ASTM D-3612

40 mL

Distillation / Petrol. Prod.

ASTM D-86

120 mL

Dropping Point Grease

ASTM D-2265

2 gr

Emulsion Characteristics

ASTM D-1401

100 mL

Fat, % Wt.

AI

25 mL

Ferro, PQA Quantification

AI

10 ml

Ferrography Analytical

OEM METH.

10 mL

Ferrography
Full Report With Photographs

OEM METH.

10 mL

Ferroscan DR

OEM METH.

10 mL

Filter Content (Visual)

AI

100 mL

Fire Point, COC

ASTM D-92

100 mL

Flash Point, COC

ASTM D-92

100 mL

Flash Point, PMCC

ASTM D-93

100 mL

Foaming Characteristics

ASTM D-892

600 mL

Freeze Point

ASTM D-3321

50 mL

Freeze Point Of Coolants

ASTM D-1177

75 mL

Fuel Dilution, Diesel

OEM METH.

1 mL

Fuel Dilution, Gasoline

OEM METH.

1 mL

Fuel Soot By LEM

OEM METH.

5 mL

Glycol, ASTM

ASTM D-2982

10 mL

Glycol, Infrared

FTIR

5 mL

Gravity, API

ASTM D-287

125 mL

Gravity, Specific

ASTM D-1298

125 mL

Hardness, Total (Cac03)

COND. CELL

Heat Of Combustion

ASTM D-240

120 mL (liq.)

Heat of Combustion

ASTM D-4809

100 mL

Heat Of Combustion (Est)

ASTM D-1405 / D-4868

200 mL

High Boiling Impurities (Refrigerant)

AI

Hydrocarbon Type
(Aromatics, Olefins, Saturates)

ASTM D-1319

2 mL

Infrared Abs/Ox/Ntr/Sulf/Fd(G)Ir/Wir

FTIR

30 mL

Infrared Scan With Plot

FTIR

5 mL

Insolubles, Heptane

ASTM D-3279

10 mL

Insolubles, Pentane & Toluene

ASTM D-893

50 mL

Interfacial Tension

ASTM D-971

100 mL

Large Particle Spectroscopy (LPS)

AI

Lithium Bromide, Profile

OEM METH.

Lithium, Sodium And Calcium


Content In Grease

ICP

5 gr

Lubricity by HFRR

ASTM D-6079

50 mL

Metals By ICP

ICP

5mL

Metals By ICP
(Per Element not in standard elements)

ICP

10ml

Micro-Organism Culture (Easy Cult)

EASYCULT

100 mL

Millipore Filtration

ASTM D-4898

100 mL

Mineral Oil Content In Synthetic Oil

REFRACTOMETER

Mineral Oil Content In Water Emulsions


By Titration

AI

100 mL

Mineral Oil Content, HPLC

AI

5 mL

Neutralization Number,
Acid & Base Potentiometric

ASTM D-664

50 mL

Neutralization Number,
Acid-Color Indic. Titration

ASTM D-974

50 mL

Neutralization Number, Base

ASTM D-2896

50 mL

Neutralization Number, Base

ASTM D-4739

50 mL

Nitrate

HACH KIT

5 mL

Nitrite (Ppm)

HACH KIT

5 mL

Nitrite (Ppm)

Titration

30mL

Oil Content In Cooling Fluids

AI

100 ml

Oxidation Stability

ASTM D-2274

400 mL

Oxidation Stability (Tost)

ASTM D-943

300 mL

Particle Count (Automatic)

ISO1171, 4406, SAE

250 mL

Particle Count (Manual)

ASTM F-312

250 mL

Particle Count (Pore Blockage)

OEM METH.

100 ml

Particulate, Aviation Fuel

ASTM D-5452

100 mL

PCB Quantitative, GC

ASTM D-4059

PCB Screening

DEXSIL kit

5 mL

pH of Coolants

ASTM D-1287

25 mL

Polyurea Test For Grease

SHELL

5 gr

Pour Point

ASTM D-97

25 mL

Quantitative Spectrophotometric Analysis

AI

50mL

Refractive Index

ASTM D-1807

5 mL

Refrigerant Acid Content

123, 134A

Refrigerant Appearance
Refrigerant Oil Content (HBI)

12500

Refrigerant Sediment Content

AI/YORK

Refrigerant Water By Karl Fischer-Ppm


Refrigeration Pkg (High Pressure)

AI

Full Canister

Refrigeration Pkg (Low Pressure)

AI

200 mL

Reid Vapor Pressure

ASTM D-323

ONE LITER

Reserve Alkalinity

ASTM D-1121

25 mL

Rotating Pressure Vessel Oxidation Test


(RPVOT) (RBOT)

ASTM D-2272

50 gr

RULER Linear Sweep Voltammetry

ASTM D-6971

5 mL

Rust Test

ASTM D-665

300 mL

Saponification Number

ASTM D-94

Sediment By Extraction

ASTM D-473

50 mL

Solids, Total

AI

10 mL

Spectrochemical 21 Element Profile

ASTM D-6595

5 mL

Sugar Test

AI

50 mL

Sulfur, In The Presence Of Chlorine, MWF

ASTM D-4294

Sulfur, X-Ray Fluorescence (EXDRF)

ASTM D-4294

5 mL

Sulphate (PPM)

HACH KIT

50 mL

Trace Sediment In Lube Oils

ASTM D-2273

100 mL

Transformer Oil Analysis

AI Profile

Ultra Low Sulfur by UV Flourescence

ASTM D-5453

10 ml

Viscosity Index

ASTM D-2270

50 mL

Viscosity, Centistokes

ASTM D-445

10 mL

Viscosity, Centistokes (Houillon Method)

ASTM D-7279

5 ml

Viscosity, Redwood (Calculated)

ASTM D-445

20 mL

Viscosity, SUS (Calculated)

ASTM D-2161

10 mL

Visual Appearance, General

AI

100 mL

Water Reaction, Inter. Sep.

ASTM D-1094

100 mL

Water Sediment

ASTM D-1796

100 mL

Water Sediment Crude Oil

ASTM D-4007

100 mL

Water, Coolant Content.

ASTM D-1123

10 mL

Water, Crackle Test

AI

10 mL

Water, Distillation

ASTM D-95

200 mL

Water, Fire Safe Hydraulic Fluids

AI

5 ml

Water, Karl Fischer

ASTM D-1744

1 mL

Water, Karl Fischer

ASTM D-6304

30 ml

Water, Karl Fischer

ASTM D-1533B

30 mL

Water, Karl Fischer, Evaporator

ASTM D-6304-C

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Physical Properties tests


While Spectrochemical Analysis indicates what's happening inside components, our
Physical Properties Testing details the condition of lubricants in service. Used in tandem,
the battery of tests that we perform within these analytical parameters form the basis of a
highly effective oil and fluids analysis program.
(More information on Analysts' trend-setting routine used oil analysis report.)
Depending on the equipment and application,
our tests are performed in specific test packages:
Water, Fuel Dilution, Total Solids, Fuel Soot [LEM], Oxidation, Nitration, Glycol,
Viscosity, Acid Number, Base Number, Particle Count, Direct Reading Ferrography.
Physical Properties
Water

Test results are reported in % volume, accurate to


0.05%, or in parts per million (ppm).

Fuel dilution, % Volume

Indicated the relative amount of unburned fuel


present in the engine lubricant. Excessive fuel
dilution reduces lubricant load carrying capacities.
Test results are reported in % volume.

Total Solids, % Volume

TA measurement of the quantity of fuel soot,


sludge, varnish and other insoluble contaminants.

Fuel Soot, % Weight by LEM

An accurate/specific measurement of dispersed fuel


soot present. Results are applied to
combustion/operating efficiency and dispersant oil
additive effectiveness.

Fuel Soot (Infrared) (Absorbance)

Measures the amount of insoluble fuel soot carbon


suspended in the engine lubricant. Higher values
indicate reduced combustion efficiency.

Oxidation (Infrared)

Measures the overall breakdown of a lubricant due


to aging, operating conditions, or internal
overheating.

Nitration (Infrared)

Measures the buildup of acidic materials during


normal service or, in diesel engines, as a result of
cylinder wall/compressing ring "blow-by."

Glycol (Antifreeze/Coolant)

Positive test results indicate the presence of glycol


contamination, most often associated with cooling
system internal leaks. glycol contamination
promotes lubricant breakdown, sludging, bearing
wear, and corrosion.

Viscosity

Measures a lubricant's resistance to flow. Viscosity


is considered the single most important physical
property of a lubricant. changes in viscosity

indicate improper servicing, dilution or


contamination, and lubricant breakdown in service.
Test results are reported in centistokes (cSt).

Acid Number

Measures the total amount of acidic product present


in a lubricant. Generally, an increase in AN above
that of the new product indicates oil oxidation or
contamination with an acidic product.

Base Number

Also referred to as total alkalinity or alkaline


reserve. The BN measures the alkaline content
present (or remaining) in the lubricant. Decreases in
BN may indicate reduced acid neutralizing
capacity, or a depleted additive package.

Particle Count

Measures and counts individual particle present in a


specific volume of sample. Counts are normally
reported in given micron ranges and/or ISO
classification.

Direct Reading (DR) Ferrography

Detects the concentration of ferrous (iron-based)


wear particles in a sample by magnetically sorting
them in two size ranges, then optically measuring
the particle density in each range.

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