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Over seventy test methods across fuels and lubricants, run to ASTM standards wherever one exists. Not sure which you need? Describe the equipment and we will tell you.
Fuels
Diesel, residual and blended fuel oils.
- Aniline Point ASTM D 611
- Ash ASTM D 482
- Asphaltenes IP 143
- Bacterial Growth Check
- B.S. & W. by Centrifuge ASTM D 1796
- Btu's (Estimated) ASTM D 4868
- Btu's (Run) ASTM D 240
- Conradson Carbon ASTM D 189
- Conradson Carbon on 10% Bottoms ASTM D 189
- Cetane Index (Calculated) ASTM D 976 or D 4737
- Cloud Point ASTM D 2500
- Compatibility "A" or "B" ASTM D 4740
- Corrosion ASTM D 130
- Distillation ASTM D 86
- Flash Point (COC) ASTM D 92
- Flash Point (PMCC) ASTM D 93
- Flash Point (TCC) ASTM D 56
- Freezing Point ASTM D 2386
- Gravity API or Specific Gravity ASTM D 1298
- 20 Metal Scan (Emission — Mil Spec)
- Microscopic Examination of Sediment
- Millipore Filtration ASTM F 313
- Neutralization Number ASTM D 974
- pH on Oil ASTM D 664
- Pour Point ASTM D 97
- Pour Point below 0 °F ASTM D 97
- Salt in Oil (Qualitative)
- Sediment by Extraction ASTM D 473
- Sediment by Hot Filtration
- Stability (DuPont)
- Sulfur ASTM D 1552
- T.A.N. ASTM D 664 or D 974
- Total Cat Fines ASTM D 4484
- Viscosity — below 60 °F, 60–90 °F, 100/104/122 °F, 210/212 °F ASTM D 445
- Water by Distillation ASTM D 95
- Water by Karl Fischer ASTM D 4377
Lubricants
Engine, hydraulic, gear and transformer oils.
- Aniline Point ASTM D 611
- B.S. & W. by Centrifuge ASTM D 1796
- Conradson Carbon ASTM D 189
- Corrosion ASTM D 130
- Corrosive Sulfur ASTM D 1275
- Dielectric Strength ASTM D 877
- Dilution with Diesel (Calculated)
- Dilution with Gasoline ASTM D 322
- Emulsion ASTM D 1401
- Fire Point ASTM D 92
- Flash Point (COC) ASTM D 92
- Flash Point (PMCC) ASTM D 93
- Foam Test ASTM D 892
- Gravity API or Specific Gravity ASTM D 1298
- Glycol in Oil ASTM D 2982
- Infrared (IR)
- Inorganic Chlorides & Sulfates ASTM D 878
- Interfacial Tension ASTM D 971
- 20 Metal Scan (Emission — Mil Spec)
- Microscopic Analysis
- Millipore Filtration ASTM F 313
- Neutralization Number ASTM D 974
- Particle Count ASTM F 321
- Pentane Insolubles ASTM D 893
- pH on Oil ASTM D 664
- Pour Point ASTM D 97
- Pour Point below 0 °F ASTM D 97
- Precipitation Number ASTM D 91
- Salt in Oil (Qualitative)
- Sugar in Oil
- Sulfated Ash ASTM D 874
- Sulfur ASTM D 1552
- Surface Tension ASTM D 971
- T.A.N. ASTM D 664 or D 974
- T.B.N. ASTM D 664 or D 2896
- Toluene Insolubles ASTM D 893
- Viscosity — below 60 °F, 60–90 °F, 100/104/122 °F, 210/212 °F ASTM D 445
- Water by Distillation ASTM D 95
- Water by Karl Fischer ASTM D 4377
The 20-metal scan
Listed above as 20 Metal Scan (Emission — Mil Spec) for both fuels and lubes. Every element is reported in parts per million.
- Iron
- Silver
- Aluminum
- Chromium
- Copper
- Magnesium
- Sodium
- Nickel
- Lead
- Silicon
- Tin
- Titanium
- Boron
- Barium
- Molybdenum
- Vanadium
- Zinc
- Manganese
- Calcium
- Phosphorus
Need a test that is not listed?
The catalog covers routine work. For anything unusual, call the lab and ask — after forty years there is not much we have not been sent.