ASTM D6471-03
(Specification)Standard Specification for Recycled Prediluted Aqueous Glycol Base Engine Coolant (50 Volume % Minimum) for Automobile and Light-Duty Service
Standard Specification for Recycled Prediluted Aqueous Glycol Base Engine Coolant (50 Volume % Minimum) for Automobile and Light-Duty Service
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1.1 This specification covers the requirements for a recycled prediluted aqueous ethylene glycol (50 volume % minimum) base engine coolant and recycled prediluted aqueous propylene glycol (50 volume % min) base engine coolant for use in automobiles and light-duty vehicles. This specification provides a procedure for evaluating engine coolant recycling technologies through the recycling of a reference synthetic used engine coolant. It also specifies the chemical, physical, and performance requirements for the recycled prediluted aqueous glycol base engine coolant that is produced from that procedure. When used without further dilution, this product functions effectively during both winter and summer. This material is intended to provide protection against freezing, boiling, and corrosion in automobile or other light-duty service cooling systems.
Note 1—Committee D15 has developed this specification using experience, knowledge, and research from recycling used aqueous base engine coolants and has not substantially studied the effects of recycling glycols from other sources or with excessive contaminant levels. Efforts are being made to produce a specification for redistilled glycol that addresses recycling used aqueous glycol base engine coolants and glycols from other sources.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are approximate equivalents and provided 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 of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: D 6471 – 03
Standard Specification for
Recycled Prediluted Aqueous Glycol Base Engine Coolant
(50 Volume % Minimum) for Automobile and Light-Duty
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Service
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 6471; 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.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 Thisspecificationcoverstherequirementsforarecycled 2.1 ASTM Standards:
prediluted aqueous ethylene glycol (50 volume % minimum) D 512 Test Methods for Chloride Ion in Water
baseenginecoolantandrecycledpredilutedaqueouspropylene D 516 Test Method for Sulfate Ion in Water
glycol (50 volume % min) base engine coolant for use in D 1119 Test Method for Ash Content of Engine Coolants
automobiles and light-duty vehicles. This specification pro- and Antirusts
vides a procedure for evaluating engine coolant recycling D 1120 Test Method for Boiling Point of Engine Coolants
technologies through the recycling of a reference synthetic D 1121 Test Method for Reserve Alkalinity of Engine
used engine coolant. It also specifies the chemical, physical, Coolants and Antirusts
and performance requirements for the recycled prediluted D 1122 Test Method for Density or Relative Density of
aqueous glycol base engine coolant that is produced from that Engine Coolant Concentrates and Engine Coolants by the
procedure. When used without further dilution, this product Hydrometer
functions effectively during both winter and summer. This D 1126 Test Method for Hardness in Water
material is intended to provide protection against freezing, D 1176 Test Method for Sampling and Preparing Aqueous
boiling, and corrosion in automobile or other light-duty service Solutions of Engine Coolants or Antirusts for Testing
cooling systems. Purposes
D 1177 Test Method for Freezing Point of Aqueous Engine
NOTE 1—Committee D15 has developed this specification using expe-
Coolants
rience, knowledge, and research from recycling used aqueous base engine
D 1193 Specification for Reagent Water
coolants and has not substantially studied the effects of recycling glycols
from other sources or with excessive contaminant levels. Efforts are being D 1287 Test Method for pH of Engine Coolants and Anti-
made to produce a specification for redistilled glycol that addresses
rusts
recyclingusedaqueousglycolbaseenginecoolantsandglycolsfromother
D 1293 Test Methods for pH of Water
sources.
D 1384 TestMethodforCorrosionTestforEngineCoolants
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
in Glassware
standard. The values given in parentheses are approximate D 1881 Test Method for Foaming Tendencies of Engine
equivalents and provided for information only.
Coolants in Glassware
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the D 1882 TestMethodforEffectofCoolingSystemChemical
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Solutions on Organic Finishes for Automotive Vehicles
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- D 1888 Test Methods for Particulate and Dissolved Matter,
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priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Solids, or Residue in Water
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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ThisspecificationisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeD15onEngine For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Coolants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D15.15 on Recycled contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Engine Coolant. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2003. Published January 2004. Originally the ASTM website.
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approved in 1999. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as D 6471–99. Discontinued. See 1991 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 11.01.
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D 2570 Test Method for Simulated Service Corrosion Test- such specifications are available. Other grades may be used,
ing of Engine Coolants provided it is first ascertained that the reagent is of sufficiently
high purity to permit its use without lessening the accuracy of
D 2809 Test Method for Cavitation Corrosion Erosion-
Corrosion Characteristics of Aluminum Pumps with En- the determination.
3.2 Purity of Water—Unless otherwise indicated, references
gine Coolants
to water shall be understood to mean reagent water as defined
D 2847 Practice for Testing Engine Coolants in Car and
by Type IV of Specification D 1193.
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