ASTM D6710-02

Standard Guide for Evaluation of Hydrocarbon-Based Quench Oil

SCOPE
1.1 This guide covers information without specific limits, for selecting standard test methods for testing hydrocarbon-based quench oils for quality and aging.
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 its use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Apr-2002
• ICS: 29.040.10 - Insulating oils
• Technical Committee: D02 - Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants
• Drafting Committee: D02.L0.06 - Non-Lubricating Process Fluids

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• Replaced By: ASTM D6710-02(2007) - Standard Guide for Evaluation of Hydrocarbon-Based Quench Oil
• Effective Date: 01-May-2007

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
Designation: D 6710 – 02
Standard Guide for
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Evaluation of Hydrocarbon-Based Quench Oil
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6710; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (ε) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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1. Scope Liquids by Digital Density Meter
D4530 Test Method for Determination of Carbon Residue
1.1 This guide covers information without specific limits,
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(Micro Method)
for selecting standard test methods for testing hydrocarbon-
D6200 Test Method for Determination of Cooling Charac-
based quench oils for quality and aging.
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teristics of Quench Oils by Cooling Curve Analysis
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
D6304 Test Method for Determination of Water in Petro-
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
leum Products, Lubricating Oils, andAdditives by Coulo-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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metric Karl Fisher Titration
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
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2.2 ISO Standards:
bility of regulatory limitations prior to its use.
ISO 9950 Industrial Quenching Oils—Determination of
2. Referenced Documents
Cooling Characteristics—Nickel-Alloy Probe Test
Method, 1995-95-01
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D91 Test Method for Precipitation Number of Lubricating
3. Terminology
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Oils
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
D92 Test Method for Flash Point and Fire Points by
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3.1.1 Quench Processing:
Cleveland Open Cup
3.1.1.1 austenitization, n—heating a steel containing less
D94 TestMethodsforSaponificationNumberofPetroleum
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than the eutectoid concentration of carbon (about 0.8 mass %)
Products
to a temperature just above the eutectoid temperature to
D95 Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and
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decompose the pearlite microstructure to produce a face-
Bituminous Materials by Distillation
centered cubic (fcc) austenite-ferrite mixture.
D189 Test Method for Conradson Carbon Residue of
2 3.1.1.2 dragout—solution carried out of a bath on the metal
Petroleum Products
being quenched and associated handling equipment.
D445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent
3.1.1.3 martempering, n—cooling steel from the austeniti-
and Opaque Liquids (the Calculation of Dynamic Viscos-
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zation temperature to a temperature just above the start of
ity)
2 mertensite transformation (M ) for a time sufficient for the
D482 Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products s
temperature to equalize between the surface and the center of
D524 Test Method for Ramsbottom Carbon Residue of
2 the steel, at which point the steel is removed from the quench
Petroleum Products
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bath and air cooled as shown in Fig. 1. (1)
D664 TestMethodforAcidNumberofPetroleumProducts
2 3.1.1.4 protective atmosphere, n—any atmosphere that will
by Potentiometric Titration
inhibit oxidation of the metal surface during austenitization, or
D974 Test Method for Acid and Base Number by Color-
2 it may be used to protect the quenching oil, which may be an
Indicator Titration
inert gas such as nitrogen or argon or a gas used for a heat
D1298 Practice for Density, Relative Density (Specific
treating furnace.
Gravity) or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid
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3.1.1.5 quench media, n—any medium, either liquid (water,
Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method
oil, molten salt, or lead, aqueous solutions of water-soluble
D4052 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of
polymers or salt-brines) or gas or combinations of liquid and
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.02.
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ProductsandLubricantsandisthedirectresponsibilityofSubcommitteeD02.L0.06 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.03.
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on Nonlubricating Process Fluids. Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
Current edition approved April 10, 2002. Published July 2002. Originally 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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published as D6710–01. Last previous edition D6710–01. Theboldfacenumbersinparenthesesrefertothelistofreferencesattheendof
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.01. this standard.
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D6710–02
FIG. 1 (a) Conventional Quenching Cycle; (b) Martempering
gas (air at atmospheric pressure, or pressurized nitrogen, 3.1.2.5 vapor blanket cooling, n—See full-film boiling
helium,hydrogen)suchasair-waterspray,usedtofacilitatethe (3.1.2.2).
cooling of metal in such a way as to achieve the desired
3.1.2.6
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