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Physical
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Property
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Unit
|
Test method
|
Value
|
|||
|
properties
|
Appearance
|
–
|
Visual
|
Clear liquid
|
|||
|
Colour Pt/Co
|
–
|
ASTM D1209
|
Typical 500
|
||||
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Density at 20 °C [68 °F]
|
g/ml
|
ASTM D4052
|
1.050-1.100
|
||||
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Water content
|
%(m/m)
|
ASTM D1364
|
max 0.20
|
||||
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Specifications &
|
FMVSS 116
|
Properties
|
Unit
|
DOT 4
|
Typical
|
||
|
Typical Values
|
paragraph
|
Specification
|
Value
|
||||
|
5.1.1
|
Equilibrium Reflux Boiling
|
°C [°F]
|
230 [446] min1
|
290 [554]
|
|||
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Point (ERBP)
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|||||||
|
5.1.2
|
Wet Equilibrium Reflux
|
°C [°F]
|
155 [311] min2
|
198 [388]
|
|||
|
Boiling Point (WERBP)
|
|||||||
|
1 Shell Sales Specification : 280 °C [536 °F]
|
|||||||
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2 Shell Sales Specification : 190 °C [374 °F]
|
|||||||
Specifications & Typical Values continued
|
FMVSS 116
|
Properties
|
Unit
|
DOT 4
|
Typical
|
|
|
paragraph
|
Specification
|
Value
|
|||
|
5.1.3
|
Kinematic viscosity
|
||||
|
At – 40 °C [-40 °F]
|
mm²/s
|
1800 max3
|
1200
|
||
|
At 100 °C [212 °F]
|
mm²/s
|
1.5 min
|
2.5
|
||
|
5.1.4
|
pH (50% vol aqueous
|
7.0–11.5
|
7.4
|
||
|
ethanol solution)
|
|||||
|
5.1.5
|
Fluid stability
|
||||
|
(a) High temperature
|
°C [°F]
|
3.0 [5.4] max4, 5
|
1 [1.8]
|
||
|
stability: ERBP change
|
|||||
|
(b) Chemical stability: ERBP
|
°C [°F]
|
4, 5
|
1 [1.8]
|
||
|
3.0 [5.4] max
|
|||||
|
change
|
|||||
|
5.1.6
|
Corrosion, test strip weight
|
||||
|
change,
|
|||||
|
Tinned iron
|
mg/cm²
|
0.2 max
|
<0.01
|
||
|
Steel
|
,,
|
0.2 max
|
<0.01
|
||
|
Aluminium
|
,,
|
0.1 max
|
<0.01
|
||
|
Cast iron
|
,,
|
0.2 max
|
0.05
|
||
|
Brass
|
,,
|
0.4 max
|
0.03
|
||
|
Copper
|
,,
|
0.4 max
|
0.04
|
||
|
Pitting or etching
|
none
|
none
|
|||
|
Condition of fluid after test,
|
|||||
|
Gelling at 23 °C [73.4 °F]
|
none
|
none
|
|||
|
Deposit
|
not crystalline
|
none
|
|||
|
Sediment
|
%(v/v)
|
0.10 max
|
<0.05
|
||
|
pH
|
7.0–11.5
|
7.4
|
|||
|
Condition rubber cup after
|
|||||
|
test
|
|||||
|
Disintegration
|
none
|
none
|
|||
|
Hardness decrease
|
IRHD
|
15 max
|
7
|
||
|
Diameter increase
|
mm
|
1.4 max
|
0.12
|
3 Shell Sales Specification : 1300 mm²/s max
4 + 0.05° for each degree that the ERBP exceeds 225°C [437 °F] 5 Shell Sales Specification : 3 °C [5.4 °F] max.
Specifications & Typical Values continued
|
FMVSS 116
|
Properties
|
Unit
|
DOT 4
|
Typical
|
|
paragraph
|
Specification
|
Value
|
5.1.7 Fluidity and appearance at low temperature
|
(a) At –40 °C [-40 °F]
|
||||
|
Sludging, sedimentation,
|
none
|
none
|
||
|
crystallisation or stratification
|
||||
|
Bubble flow time
|
s
|
10 max
|
2
|
|
|
Appearance after warming
|
as before test
|
pass
|
||
|
to room temperature
|
||||
|
(b) At – 50 °C [-58 °F]
|
||||
|
Sludging, sedimentation,
|
none
|
none
|
||
|
crystallisation or stratification
|
||||
|
Bubble flow time
|
s
|
35 max
|
6
|
|
|
Appearance after warming
|
as before test
|
pass
|
||
|
to room temperature
|
||||
|
5.1.8
|
Reserved
|
|||
|
5.1.9
|
Water tolerance
|
|||
|
(a) At –40 °C [-40 °F]
|
||||
|
Sludging, sedimentation,
|
none
|
none
|
||
|
crystallisation or stratification
|
||||
|
Bubble flow time
|
s
|
10 max
|
3
|
|
|
Appearance after warming
|
as before test
|
pass
|
||
|
to room temperature
|
||||
|
(b) At +60 °C [140 °F]
|
||||
|
Stratification
|
none
|
none
|
||
|
Sedimentation
|
%(v/v)
|
0.15 max6
|
<0.05
|
|
|
5.1.10
|
Compatibility
|
|||
|
(a) At –40 °C [-40 °F]
|
||||
|
Sludging, sedimentation,
|
none
|
none
|
||
|
crystallisation or stratification
|
||||
|
(b) At +60 °C [140 °F]
|
||||
|
Stratification
|
none
|
none
|
||
|
Sedimentation
|
%(v/v)
|
0.05 max
|
<0.05
|
6 Shell Sales Specification: 0.05 %(v/v) max.
|
Specifications &
|
FMVSS 116
|
Properties
|
Unit
|
DOT 4
|
Typical
|
|||
|
Typical Values
|
paragraph
|
Specification
|
Value
|
|||||
|
continued
|
5.1.11
|
Resistance to oxidation
|
||||||
|
Test strips
|
||||||||
|
Pitting or etching
|
none
|
none
|
||||||
|
Gum deposit
|
trace only
|
pass
|
||||||
|
Weight change
|
||||||||
|
Aluminium
|
mg/cm2
|
0.05 max.
|
0.01
|
|||||
|
Cast iron
|
mg/cm2
|
0.3 max
|
0.07
|
|||||
|
5.1.12
|
Effect on SBR cups
|
|||||||
|
(a) 70hr at 70 °C [158 °F]
|
||||||||
|
Hardness decrease
|
IRHD
|
0-10
|
6
|
|||||
|
Appearance
|
no disintegration none
|
|||||||
|
Base diameter increase
|
mm
|
0.15–1.40
|
0.45
|
|||||
|
(b) 70 hr at 120 °C [248 °F]
|
||||||||
|
Hardness decrease
|
IRHD
|
0-15
|
11
|
|||||
|
Appearance
|
no disintegration none
|
|||||||
|
Base diameter increase
|
mm
|
0.15–1.40
|
0.68
|
|||||
|
5.1.13
|
Stroking test properties
|
to pass
|
pass
|
|||||
|
Other
|
Specification
|
Properties
|
Unit
|
Specification
|
Typical
|
|||
|
Specifications
|
clause
|
Value
|
||||||
|
SAE J1704
|
Effect on EPDM slab stock
|
|||||||
|
(a) 70 hr at 70 °C [158 °F]
|
||||||||
|
Hardness decrease
|
IRHD
|
0-10
|
2
|
|||||
|
Appearance
|
no disintegration none
|
|||||||
|
Volume increase
|
%
|
0-10
|
<1
|
|||||
|
(b) 70 hr at 120 °C [248 °F]
|
||||||||
|
Hardness decrease
|
IRHD
|
0-15
|
2
|
|||||
|
Appearance
|
no disintegration none
|
|||||||
|
Volume increase
|
%
|
0-10
|
2
|
|||||
|
Safety data
|
Property
|
Unit
|
Test method
|
Typical value
|
||||
|
Flashpoint (PMCC)
|
°C [°F]
|
ASTM D93
|
144 [291]
|
|||||
|
Auto Ignition Temperature
|
°C [°F]
|
ASTM E659
|
>300 [>572]
|
|||||