ASTM D1264-03e1

Standard Test Method for Determining the Water Washout Characteristics of Lubricating Greases

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This test method estimates the resistance of greases to water washout from ball bearings under conditions of the test. No correlation with field service has been established.
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the evaluation of the resistance of a lubricating grease to washout by water from a bearing, when tested at 38 and 79°C (100 and 175°F) under the prescribed laboratory conditions. It is not to be considered the equivalent of service evaluation tests. This test method may not be suitable for some greases containing highly volatile components.
1.2 The values state in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
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 this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific warning statements, see 6.3.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Jun-2003
• Technical Committee: D02 - Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants
• Drafting Committee: D02.G0.06 - Functional Tests - Contamination

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D1264-03 - Standard Test Method for Determining the Water Washout Characteristics of Lubricating Greases
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM D1264-03(2008) - Standard Test Method for Determining the Water Washout Characteristics of Lubricating Greases
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM G63-15(2023) - Standard Guide for Evaluating Nonmetallic Materials for Oxygen Service
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D4732-13(2020) - Standard Specification for Cool-Application Filling Compounds for Telecommunications Wire and Cable
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D6185-11(2017) - Standard Practice for Evaluating Compatibility of Binary Mixtures of Lubricating Greases
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM F2489-06(2022) - Standard Guide for Instrument and Precision Bearing Lubricants—Part 2 Greases
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D4950-22 - Standard Classification and Specification for Automotive Service Greases
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003
• Referred By: ASTM D8324-21 - Standard Guide for Selection of Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Vessel General Permit
• Effective Date: 10-Jun-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
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Designation:D1264–03
Standard Test Method for
Determining the Water Washout Characteristics of
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Lubricating Greases
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 1264; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
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e NOTE—Updated adjunct information and deleted apparatus footnote editorially in November 2003.
1. Scope* temperature, impinges on the bearing housing at a rate of 5 6
0.5 mL/s. The amount of grease washed out in 60 6 1 min is
1.1 This test method covers the evaluation of the resistance
a measure of the resistance of the grease to water washout.
of a lubricating grease to washout by water from a bearing,
when tested at 38 and 79°C (100 and 175°F) under the
4. Significance and Use
prescribed laboratory conditions. It is not to be considered the
4.1 This test method estimates the resistance of greases to
equivalentofserviceevaluationtests.Thistestmethodmaynot
water washout from ball bearings under conditions of the test.
be suitable for some greases containing highly volatile com-
No correlation with field service has been established.
ponents.
1.2 The values state in SI units are to be regarded as the
5. Apparatus
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information
5.1 Ball Bearing, ASTM test bearing size 6204 (see
only.
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ADJD3336).
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
5.2 Bearing Housing and Shield with dimensions as shown
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
in Fig. 1.
responsibility of the user this standard to establish appropriate
5.3 Reservoir, Bearing-Housing Mount, Circulating Pump,
safety and health practices and determine the applicability of
and Drive Motor, similar or equivalent to those shown in Fig.
regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific warning
1. Table 1 provides the metric equivalents.
statements, see 6.3.
5.4 Heating Source, to maintain the water temperature at 79
6 1.7°C (175 6 3°F).
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Adjuncts:
NOTE 1—Suitable temperature control may be obtained by the use of
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ADJD3336 Standard Ball Bearing immersionheaters,steamcoils,orinfraredheatlamps,inconjunctionwith
transformers or thermostats.
ADJD6300 D2PP, Version 4.43, Determination of Preci-
sion and Bias Data for Use in Test Methods for Petroleum
5.5 Thermometer or Thermocouple, to determine the tem-
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Products
perature of the water reservoir.
3. Summary of Test Method
6. Materials and Reagents
3.1 The grease is packed into a ball bearing, the bearing is
6.1 Purity of Reagents—Reagent grade chemicals shall be
then inserted in a housing with specified clearances, and
used in all tests. Unless otherwise indicated, it is intended that
rotated at 600 6 30 rpm. Water, controlled at the specified test
all reagents shall conform to the specifications of the commit-
tee onAnalytical Reagents of theAmerican Chemical Society,
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where such specifications are available. Other grades may be
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
D02.G0.06 on Functional Tests - Contamination.
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Current edition approved June 10, 2003. Published July 2003. Originally Reagent Chemicals, American Chemical Society Specifications, American
approved in 1953. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as D 1264–00. Chemical Society, Washington, DC. For suggestions on the testing of reagents not
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The ball bearing has been standardized by Committee D02. Available from listed by the American Chemical Society, see Analar Standards for Laboratory
ASTM International Headquarters. Order Adjunct No. ADJD3336. Chemicals, BDH Ltd., Poole, Dorset, U.K., and the United States Pharmacopeia
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Available from ASTM International Headquarters. Order Adjunct No. and National Formulary, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. (USPC), Rockville,
ADJD6300. MD.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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D1264–03
FIG. 1 Water Washout Characteristics of Lubricating Grease Apparatus
TABLE 1 Metric Equivalents for Fig. 1
in. mm in. mm °F °C
0.010 0.25 0.875 22.22 100 6 5 37.8 6 3
0.015 0.38 0.938 23.81 175 6 3 79.4 6 2
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0.031 0.79 2 ⁄4 57.1
1
⁄8 3.18 6 152
5
⁄32 3.97
3
⁄16 4.76
1
⁄4 6.35
used, provided it is first ascertained that the reagent is of 6.3 Cleaning Solvent—Ca
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