Turbine Oils Test Package
VAX and Radial Turbines
ISO V6 Classification

Test Description

Method

Required Tests:

Color and Appearance, Visual

ASTM E 1478

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 40 °C, cSt

ASTM D 445.a

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 100 °C, cSt

ASTM D 445.b

Viscosity, Index

ASTM D 2270

Acid Number, Color–indicator Titration (TAN)

ASTM D 974.a

Water Content by Karl Fischer Method, Lubricating Oil and Additives (Note: ASTM D 744 was withdrawn in 2000. No replacement. TOL recommends ASTM D 304).

ASTM D 6304

Particle Count, Automatic Optical Particle Count

ISO 4406

Emulsion Characteristics of Lubricating Oils (Water Separability)

ASTM D 1401

Gas Bubble Separation Time of Petroleum Oils (Air Release Properties)

ASTM D 3427

Ferrography, Analytical

Atlas.a

Wear Metals and Contaminants in Lubricating Oils by Rotating Disc Electrode Atomic Emission Spectrography, (RDE-AES)

ASTM D 6595

Foaming Tendencies of Lubricating Oils

ASTM D 892

Oxidation Stability by Rotating Bomb Method, RBOT

ASTM D 2272.a