ASTM E1177-03

Standard Specification for Engine Coolant Grade Ethylene Glycol

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers engine coolant grade ethylene 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-May-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 E1177-98 - Standard Specification for Engine Coolant Grade Ethylene Glycol
• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM E1177-03a - Standard Specification for Engine Coolant Grade Ethylene Glycol
• 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-May-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D7713-18 - Standard Specification for Aqueous Engine Coolant Grade Glycol (53 % by Volume Nominal)
• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D8039-16(2023) - Standard Specification for Heat Transfer Fluids (HTF) for Heating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems
• Effective Date: 10-May-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-May-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D3306-21 - Standard Specification for Glycol Base Engine Coolant for Automobile and Light-Duty Service
• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D4725-15(2023) - Standard Terminology for Engine Coolants and Related Fluids
• Effective Date: 10-May-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

NOTICE: This standard has either been superceded and replaced by a new version or discontinued.
Contact ASTM International (www.astm.org) for the latest information.
Designation: E 1177 – 03
Standard Specification for
1
Engine Coolant Grade Ethylene 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.
3
1. Scope E 300 Practice for Sampling Industrial Chemicals
E 394 Test Method for Iron in Trace Quantities Using the
1.1 This specification covers engine coolant grade ethylene
3
1,10-Phenanthroline Method
glycol.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
3. Requirements
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.1 Engine coolant grade ethylene glycol shall conform to
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
the chemical and physical property requirements in Table 1.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
TABLE 1 Chemical and Physical Requirements
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
ASTM Test
standard. Requirement Value
Method
Ethylene glycol, mass % 94.5 min E 202
2. Referenced Documents
Diethylene glycol, mass % 5.0 max E 202
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Other glycols, mass % 0.2 max E 202
Total glycols, mass % 99.5 min E 202
D 1209 Test Method for Color of Clear Liquids (Platinum-
Relative density, 20/20°C 1.113 to 1.116 D 4052, D 5931
2
Cobalt Scale)
Water, mass % 0.5 max E 202
D 3634 Test Method for Trace Chloride Ion in Engine
Acidity as acetic acid, mass % 0.01 max E 202
3
Chloride ion, ppm 5 max D 3634, D 5827
Coolants
Iron, ppm 1.0 max E 394
D 4052 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of
Appearance Clear, no suspended E 202
4
Liquids by Digital Density Meter matter
Color, Pt/Co scale 25 max E 202, D 1209
D 5827 Test Method for Determination of Chloride in
3
Engine Coolant by Ion Chromatography
D 5931 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of
4. Sampling
Engine Coolant Concentrates and Aqueous Engine Cool-
3
4.1 Sample ethylene glycol in accordance with the appro-
ants by Digital Density Meter
priate sections of Practice E 300 for liquid samples.
E 202 Test Methods for Analysis of Ethylene Glycols a
...