ASTM D961-86(1995)e1
(Specification)Standard Specification for Dehydrated Castor Oil
Standard Specification for Dehydrated Castor Oil
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers a drying oil made from castor oil that has been treated to remove the elements of water. Two types of dehydrated castor oil are covered: unbodied and Z-3 bodied.
Note 1—Other types of bodied dehydrated castor oil are commercially available but are not covered by this specification.
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Designation: D 961 – 86 (Reapproved 1995)
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Standard Specification for
Dehydrated Castor Oil
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 961; 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.
e NOTE—Keywords were added editorially in May 1995.
1. Scope D 1962 Test Method for Saponification Value of Drying
Oils, Fatty Acids, and Polymerized Fatty Acids
1.1 This specification covers a drying oil made from castor
D 1963 Test Method for Specific Gravity of Drying Oils,
oil that has been treated to remove the elements of water. Two
Varnishes, Resins, and Related Materials at 25/25°C
types of dehydrated castor oil are covered: unbodied and Z-3
D 2090 Test Method for Clarity and Cleanness of Paint and
bodied.
Ink Liquids
NOTE 1—Other types of bodied dehydrated castor oil are commercially 5
E 1 Specification for ASTM Thermometers
available but are not covered by this specification.
3. Properties
2. Referenced Documents
3.1 Dehydrated castor oil shall conform to the requirements
2.1 ASTM Standards:
prescribed in Table 1.
D 445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent
and Opaque Liquids (and the Calculation of Dynamic
4. Test Methods
Viscosity)
4.1 The properties enumerated in this specification shall be
D 555 Guide for Testing Drying Oils
determined in accordance with the appropriate methods given
D 1475 Test Method for Density of Paint, Varnish, Lacquer,
in Table 1 with the following exceptions:
and Related Products
4.1.1 Gel Time—Determine the gel time in accordance with
D 1544 Test Method for Color of Transparent Liquids
Test Method D 1955 but with the following changes:
(Gardner Color Scale)
4.1.1.1 Use an ASTM Partial Immersion Thermometer hav-
D 1545 Test Method for Viscosity of Transparent Liquids
ing a range from 20 to 760°F and conforming to the require-
by Bubble Time Method
ments for Thermometer 3F as prescribed in Specification E 1.
D 1639 Test Method for Acid Value of Organic Coating
4.1.1.2 Heat the bath to 600 6 1°F (315 6 0.5°C), insert the
Materials
tubes containing the oil in the bath, maintain the bath at 600 6
D 1640 Test Methods for Drying, Curing, or Film Forma-
1°F for the duration of the test, and
tion of Organic Coatings at Room Temperature
4.1.1.3 Raise the glas
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