EN 62021-2:2007

Insulating liquids - Determination of acidity - Part 2: Colourimetric titration

Describes a procedure for determination of the acidity of unused and used electrical mineral insulating oils. The method may be used to indicate relative changes that occur in a mineral insulating oil during use under oxidizing conditions that may or may not be shown by other properties of the resulting mineral oil. The acidity can be used in the quality control of unused mineral oil. As a variety of oxidation products present in used mineral oil contribute to acidity and these products vary widely in their corrosion properties, the test cannot be used to predict corrosiveness of a mineral oil under service conditions.

Isolierflüssigkeiten - Bestimmung des Säuregehaltes - Teil 2: Kolorimetrische Titration

Liquides isolants - Détermination de l’acidité - Partie 2: Titrage colorimétrique

Décrit une procédure pour la détermination de l'acidité des huiles isolantes minérales électriques neuves et usagées. La méthode peut être utilisée pour indiquer des modifications relatives qui se produisent dans une huile minérale isolante pendant l'utilisation dans des conditions d'oxydation qui peuvent être ou peuvent ne pas être révélées par d'autres propriétés de l'huile minérale résultante. L'acidité peut être utilisée dans le contrôle de la qualité des huiles minérales neuves. Comme divers produits d'oxydation présents dans l'huile minérale usagée contribuent à l'acidité et comme ces produits varient largement du point de vue de leurs propriétés de corrosion, l'essai ne peut pas être utilisé pour prévoir la corrosivité d'une huile minérale dans des conditions de service.

Izolacijske tekočine – Ugotavljanje kislosti – 2. del: kolorimetrična titracija (IEC 62021-2:2007)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 25-Jul-2007
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Jun-2010
• ICS: 29.040.10 - Insulating oils
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 10 - Fluids for electrotechnical applications
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 10 - IEC_TC_10
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 10 - IEC_TC_10
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 26-Jul-2007
• Completion Date: 26-Jul-2007
• Ref Project: SIST EN 62021-2:2007 - Insulating liquids - Determination of acidity -- Part 2: Colourimetric titration

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2007
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Insulating liquids - Determination of acidity -- Part 2: Colourimetric titration (IEC 62021-
2:2007)
Isolierflüssigkeiten - Bestimmung des Säuregehaltes -- Teil 2: Kolorimetrische Titration
(IEC 62021-2:2007)
Liquides isolants - Détermination de l’acidité -- Partie 2: Titrage colorimétrique (IEC
62021-2:2007)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62021-2:2007
ICS:
29.040.10 Izolacijska olja Insulating oils
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 62021-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2007
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 29.040.10
English version
Insulating liquids -
Determination of acidity -
Part 2: Colourimetric titration
(IEC 62021-2:2007)
Liquides isolants -  Isolierflüssigkeiten -
Détermination de l’acidité - Bestimmung des Säuregehaltes -
Partie 2: Titrage colorimétrique Teil 2: Kolorimetrische Titration
(CEI 62021-2:2007) (IEC 62021-2:2007)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2007-07-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
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Ref. No. EN 62021-2:2007 E
Foreword
The text of document 10/692/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62021-2, prepared by IEC TC 10, Fluids for
electrotechnical applications, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by
CENELEC as EN 62021-2 on 2007-07-01.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2008-04-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2010-07-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62021-2:2007 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
1)
IEC 60475 - Method of sampling liquid dielectrics -
-
1) 2)
IEC 60567 - Oil-filled electrical equipment - Sampling of EN 60567 2005
gases and of oil for analysis of free and
dissolved gases - Guidance
ISO 5725 Series Accuracy (trueness and precision) of - -
measurement methods and results

1)
ISO 6619 - Petroleum products and lubricants - - -
Neutralization number - Potentiometric
titration method
1)
Undated reference.
2)
Valid edition at date of issue.

INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD
CEI
62021-2
NORME
First edition
INTERNATIONALE
Première édition
2007-05
Insulating liquids –
Determination of acidity
Part 2:
Colourimetric titration
Liquides isolants –
Détermination de l’acidité
Partie 2:
Titrage colorimétrique
PRICE CODE
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International Electrotechnical Commission
МеждународнаяЭлектротехническаяКомиссия
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Pour prix, voir catalogue en vigueur

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3
INTRODUCTION.5

1 Scope.6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Principle .7
5 Reagents.7
5.1 Titration reagent.7
5.2 Titration solvent.8
5.3 Potassium hydrogen phthalate, primary standard .8
5.4 Standard hydrochloric acid solution .8
5.5 Alkali Blue 6B indicator solution .8
5.6 Cobalt nitrate solution .8
6 Apparatus.8
6.1 Titration vessel.8
6.2 Stirrer.8
6.3 Burette .8
7 Sampling .8
8 Procedure .9
8.1 Standardization of alcoholic potassium hydroxide solution.9
8.2 Blank titration .9
8.3 Sample titration .10
9 Calculation of results .10
10 Precision .10
10.1 Repeatability .10
10.2 Reproducibility .11
11 Report .11

Annex A (informative) Determination of acidity in electrical insulating oils by
photometric titration .12

Figure A.1 – Molecular structure of para-naphtolbenzein indicator in (I) acidic media
and (II) basic media .15
Figure A.2 – UV spectra of para-naphthol-benzein indicator in toluene/2-
propanol/water solution in (a) acidic media, (b) basic media .16

62021-2 © IEC:2007 – 3 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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INSULATING LIQUIDS –
DETERMINATION OF ACIDITY –
Part 2: Colourimetric titration

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 62021-2 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 10: Fluids
for electrotechnical applications.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
10/692/FDIS 10/696/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

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A list of all parts of IEC 62021 series, under the general title Insulating liquids – Determination
of acidity can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in
the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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INTRODUCTION
The standardized method given in IEC 62021-1 is a method for measurement of acidity in
used and unused mineral oil and is a potentiometric titration requiring special instrumentation
for measurement of acidity. Historically, acidity of insulating oil was measured by
colourimetric titration as described in IEC 60296, 1982 edition. With the revision of IEC 60296,
the colourimetric titration was deleted as that method used high volumes of sample and
solvent, generating undesirable volumes of waste.
However, there is still a market requirement for having colourimetric titration as many labs
use this method.
Health and safety
This International Standard does not purport to address all the safety problems associated
with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of the Standard to establish appropriate health
and safety practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
The mineral oils which are the subject of this standard should be
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