ASTM E1177-03a

Standard Specification for Engine Coolant Grade Ethylene Glycol

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers both engine coolant grade ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.
1.2 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.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Sep-2003
• ICS: 71.080.60 - Alcohols. Ethers
• ICS: 71.100.45 - Refrigerants and antifreezes
• Technical Committee: D15 - Engine Coolants and Related Fluids
• Drafting Committee: D15.07 - Specifications

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM E1177-03 - Standard Specification for Engine Coolant Grade Ethylene Glycol
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM E1177-05 - Standard Specification for Engine Coolant Grade Ethylene Glycol
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2005
• Referred By: ASTM D8039-16(2023) - Standard Specification for Heat Transfer Fluids (HTF) for Heating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D3306-21 - Standard Specification for Glycol Base Engine Coolant for Automobile and Light-Duty Service
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D4985-10(2023) - Standard Specification for Low Silicate Ethylene Glycol Base Engine Coolant for Heavy Duty Engines Requiring a Pre-Charge of Supplemental Coolant Additive (SCA)
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D7713-18 - Standard Specification for Aqueous Engine Coolant Grade Glycol (53 % by Volume Nominal)
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D5752-10(2017) - Standard Specification for Supplemental Coolant Additives (SCAs) for Use in Precharging Coolants for Heavy-Duty Engines
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D4725-15(2023) - Standard Terminology for Engine Coolants and Related Fluids
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: E 1177 – 03a
Standard Specification for
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Engine Coolant Grade Glycol
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 1177; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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1. Scope 1,10-Phenanthroline Method
1.1 This specification covers both engine coolant grade
3. Requirements
ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.
3.1 Engine coolant grade ethylene glycol or propylene
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
glycol shall conform to the chemical and physical property
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
requirements in Table 1.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
TABLE 1 Chemical and Physical Requirements
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Value for Ethylene Value for Propylene ASTM Test
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
Requirement
Glycol Glycol Method
standard.
Ethylene glycol, mass % 94.5 min . E 202
Diethylene glycol, mass % 5.0 max . E 202
2. Referenced Documents
Propylene glycol, mass % . 98.5 min E 202
2.1 ASTM Standards: Dipropylene glycol, mass % . 1.0 max E 202
Other glycols, mass % 0.2 max 0.2 max E 202
D 1209 Test Method for Color of Clear Liquids (Platinum-
Total glycols, mass % 99.5 min 99.5 min E 202
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Cobalt Scale)
Relative density, 20/20°C 1.113 to 1.116 1.0375 to 1.0390 D 4052, D 5931
D 3634 Test Method for Trace Chloride Ion in Engine Water, mass % 0.5 max 0.5 max E 202
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Acidity as acetic acid, mass % 0.01 max 0.01 max E 202
Coolants
Chloride ion, ppm 5 max 5 max D 3634, D 5827
D 4052 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of
Iron, ppm 1.0 max 1.0 max E 394
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Liquids by Digital Density Meter Appearance Clear, no Clear, no E 202
suspended matter suspended matter
D 5827 Test Method for Determination of Chloride in
Color, Pt/Co scale 25 max 25 max E 202, D 1209
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Engine Coolant by Ion Chromatography
D 5931 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of
Engine Coolant Concentrates and Aqueous Engine Cool-
4. Sampling
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ants by Digital Density Meter
4.1 Sample ethylene or propylene glycol in accordance with
E 202 T
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