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Significance and Use

This test method usually requires several minutes per sample. This test method covers eight elements and thus provides more elemental composition data than Test Method D 4628 or Test Methods D 4927 . In addition, this test method provides more accurate results than Test Method D 5185 , which is intended for used lubricating oils and base oils.

Additive packages are blends of individual additives, which can act as detergents, antioxidants, antiwear agents, and so forth. Many additives contain one or more elements covered by this test method. Additive package specifications are based, in part, on elemental composition. Lubricating oils are typically blends of additive packages, and their specifications are also determined, in part, by elemental composition. This test method can be used to determine if additive packages and unused lubricating oils meet specifications with respect to elemental composition.

1. Scope

1.1 This test method covers the quantitative determination of barium, boron, calcium, copper, magnesium, molybdenum, phosphorus, sulfur, and zinc in unused lubricating oils and additive packages.

1.2 The precision statements are valid for dilutions in which the mass % sample in solvent is held constant in the range of 1 to 5 mass % oil.

1.3 The precision tables define the concentration ranges covered in the interlaboratory study. However, both lower and higher concentrations can be determined by this test method. The low concentration limits are dependent on the sensitivity of the ICP instrument and the dilution factor. The high concentration limits are determined by the product of the maximum concentration defined by the linear calibration curve and the sample dilution factor.

1.4 Sulfur can be determined if the instrument can operate at a wavelength of 180 nm.

1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D1552 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (High-Temperature Method)

D4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products

D4307 Practice for Preparation of Liquid Blends for Use as Analytical Standards

D4628 Test Method for Analysis of Barium, Calcium, Magnesium, and Zinc in Unused Lubricating Oils by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

D4927 Test Methods for Elemental Analysis of Lubricant and Additive Components--Barium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Zinc by Wavelength-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy

D5185 Test Method for Determination of 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)

D6299 Practice for Applying Statistical Quality Assurance and Control Charting Techniques to Evaluate Analytical Measurement System Performance

Keywords

additive-elements; barium; boron; calcium; copper; emission-spectrometry; ICP; inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry; internal standard; lubricating oils; magnesium; molybdenum; phosphorus; sulfur; zinc; Additives--lubricating oils; Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS); Barium content--petroleum products; Calcium content--petroleum products; Fuel sulfur; ICP-AES (inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry); Lubricating oils; Magnesium content--petroleum products; Metal-containing (petroleum) additives; Petroleum products; Phosphorus content--petroleum products; Zinc content--petroleum products;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 75.100 (Lubricants, industrial oils and related products)

DOI: 10.1520/D4951-09

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ASTM D4951