ASTM E1177-98

Standard Specification for Engine Coolant Grade Ethylene Glycol

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers anti-freeze grade ethylene glycol.  
1.2 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test methods portion described in this specification: This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, 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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Apr-1998
• 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

• Replaced By: ASTM E1177-03 - Standard Specification for Engine Coolant Grade Ethylene Glycol
• Effective Date: 10-May-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: E 1177 – 98
Standard Specification for
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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 (ε) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope E 394 Test Method for Iron in Trace Quantities Using the
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1,10-Phenanthroline Method
1.1 This specification covers engine coolant grade ethylene
glycol.
3. Requirements
1.2 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the
3.1 Engine coolant grade ethylene glycol shall conform to
test methods portion described in this specification: This
the chemical and physical requirements in Table 1.
standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
TABLE 1 Chemical and Physical Requirements
of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
ASTM Test
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limita-
Requirement Value
Method
tions prior to use.
Ethylene glycol, mass % 94.5 min E 202
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
Diethylene glycol, mass % 5.0 max E 202
standard.
Other glycols, mass % 0.2 max E 202
Total glycols, mass % 99.5 min E 202
2. Referenced Documents
Relative density, 20/20°C 1.113 to 1.116 D 4052
Water, mass % 0.5 max E 202
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Acidity as acetic acid, mass % 0.01 max E 202
D 1209 Test Method for Color of Clear Liquids (Platinum- Chloride ion, ppm 5 max D 3634, D 5827
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Iron, ppm 1.0 max E 394
Cobalt Scale)
Appearance Clear, no suspended E 202
D 3634 Test Method for Trace Chloride Ion in Engine
matter
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Coolants
Color, Pt/Co scale 25 max E 202, D 1209
D 4052 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of
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Liquids by Digital Density Meter
D 5827 Test Method for Determination of Chloride in
4. Sampling
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Engine Coolant by Ion Chromatography
4.1 Sample ethylene glycol in accordance with the appro-
E 202 Test Methods for Analysis of Ethylene Glycols and
priate sections of Practice E
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