ASTM D2129-97
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Color of Clear Electrical Insulating Liquids (Platinum-Cobalt Scale)
Standard Test Method for Color of Clear Electrical Insulating Liquids (Platinum-Cobalt Scale)
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1.1 This test method covers a procedure for the visual determination of the color of askarels and other clear liquids.
1.2 The values stated in acceptable metric units are to be regarded as the standard.
1.3 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.
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Designation:D 2129–97
Standard Test Method for
Color of Clear Electrical
Insulating Liquids (Platinum-Cobalt Scale)
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 2129; 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.
1. Scope 4. Significance and Use
1.1 This test method covers a procedure for the visual 4.1 Color is significant chiefly as an indicator of contami-
determination of the color of askarels and other clear liquids. nation in electrical insulating liquids. Frequently this contami-
1.2 The values stated in acceptable metric units are to be nation is the result of solvent action between the askarel and
regarded as the standard. other materials in the apparatus involved. No definite relation-
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the ship can be established between color and the physical and
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the electrical characteristics of the liquid; for that reason color in
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- itself has limited value as a measure of condition. For more
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- precise determination of color, Test Method D 1209 may be
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. used.
2. Referenced Documents 5. Apparatus
2.1 ASTM Standards: 5.1 Color Comparison Tubes—Matched, tall-form Nessler
D 1193 Specification for Reagent Water tubes, graduated at the 50-mL mark, and provided with
D 1209 Test Method for Color of Clear Liquids (Platinum- ground-on, optically clear glass caps.
Cobalt Scale) 5.2 Color Comparator—A color comparator constructed to
D 1500 Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Prod- permit visual comparison of light transmitted through tall-form
ucts (ASTM Color Scale) Nessler tubes in the direction of their longitudinal axes. The
comparator should be constructed so that white light is passed
3. Summary of Test Method
through or reflected off a white glass plate and directed with
3.1 The color determined by this test method is a numerical
equal intensity through the tubes, and should be shielded so
value derived by comparing the color of the test specimen with that no light enters the tubes from the side.
that of a series of numbered color reference standards using
6. Reagents
transmitted light under prescribed conditions. The procedure
described is based on that for measuring the color of water and 6.1 Purity of Reagents—Use reagent grade chemicals in all
clear liquids according to the platinum-cobalt scale. This scale tests. Unless otherwise indicated, all reagents will conform to
is suitable for measurements over the color range from 5 to the specifications of the Committee on Analytical Reagents of
300. The color of test specimens darker than 300 on the the American Chemical Society, where such specifications are
platinum-cobalt scale must be measured according to the available. Other grades may be used, provided it is first
ASTM Color Scale as described in Test Method D 1500. The ascertained that the reagent is of sufficiently high purity to
use of the platinum-cobalt scale in this way is primarily of permit its use without lessening the accuracy of the determi-
value as an expansion of the lower part of the ASTM Color nation.
Scale, especially in the range between 0 and 1. 6.2 Purity of Water—Use reagent water conforming to
Specification D 1193.
This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee on D-27 on
Electrical Insulating Liquids and Gases and is the direct responsibility of Subcom- A unit available from Scientific Glass and Instruments, Inc. P.O. Box 6,
mittee D 27.07 on Physical Tests. Houston, TX 77001, has been found suitable for this purpose.
Current edition approved Dec. 10, 1997. Published February 1998. Originally “Reagent Chemicals,American Chemical Society Specifications,”Am. Chemi-
published as D 2129 - 62 T. Last previous edition D 2129 - 90. cal Soc., Washington, DC. For suggestions on the testing of reagents not listed by
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 11.01. theAmerican Chemical Society, see “Reagent Chemicals and Standards,” by Joseph
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 06.04. Rosin, D. Van Nostrand Co
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