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Work Item: ASTM WK34561 - Revision of D4684 - 08 Standard Test Method for Determination of Yield Stress and Apparent Viscosity of Engine Oils at Low Temperature


Active Standard: D4684 - 12

Developed by Subcommittee: D02.07 | Committee D02 Home | Contact Staff Manager



1. Rationale

Define the criteria for replacing a Mercury in Glass with an Digital Contact Thermometer. This includes adding a definition for DCT, a referenced document and revising Paragraph 6.4


Keywords

low temperature flow properties; low temperature viscosity; mini-rotary viscometer; pumping viscosity; used diesel engine oil; viscosity; yield stress; Calibration--petroleum analysis instrumentation; Cooling characteristics/profiles; Fuel oils; Newtonian fluids; Non-Newtonian fluids; Shear testing--petroleum products; Stress; Temperature tests--petroleum products; Viscometers--mini-rotary; Viscosity--petroleum products; Yield stress ;

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Work Item Status:
Date Initiated:08-30-2011
Technical Contact: Kenneth Henderson

Item: 001
Ballot: D02.07 (11-03)
Status: Withdrawn From Balloting

Item: 092
Ballot: D02 (12-04)
Status: Ballot Item Approved as D4684-2012 and Pending Publication

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