Hydraulic Fluids for Non-Turbine Power Plant Equipment
Medium Temperature and Pressure Systems
Characterization Tests for New Oils - ASTM D 6224

Test Description

Method

Required Tests:

Color, ASTM Color Scale

ASTM D 1500

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 40°C, cSt

ASTM D 445.a

Acid Number of Petroleum Products, Potentiometric Titration

ASTM D 664

Water Content by Karl Fischer Method, Lubricating Oils and Additives

ASTM D 6304

Particle Count, Automatic Optical Particle Count

ISO 4406

Additional Optional Tests:

Oxidation Stability by Rotating Pressure Vessel Method, RPVOT (previously RBOT)

ASTM D 2272.a

Emulsion Characteristics of Lubricating Oils (Water Separability)

ASTM D 1401

Additive Elements, Wear Metals, and Contaminants in Used Lubricating Oils and Determination of Selected Elements in Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic - Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)

ASTM D 5185