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2.
SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS.
2.1 Workmanship. The product shall consist of a stable, homogenous fluid free from dirt, fibers,
lint, chips, and/or other foreign matter. The material shall not contain any amount of any chlorinated
compounds, phosphates, abrasives, chromates, phenols, cresols, amines, petroleum hydrocarbons, lead,
mercury, cadmium, chromium, sodium chloride, urea, sodium, sulfates, nitrates, nitrites, any ozone
depleting compounds, or any of the targeted chemicals listed in the EPA 33/50 Program final report, EPA-
745-R-99-004, March, 1999.
2.2 Physical properties. The product shall exhibit the physical and chemical properties
described in Table II and 2.4 when tested in accordance with the methods listed.
Table II. Tests.
Component
Limit
Method
Assay, % by wt, min
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Gas Chromatography
Water, % by wt, max
0.1
ASTM E 1064
Color, Pt-Co units, max
100
ASTM D 1209
ץ-Butyrolactone, % by wt, max
Report
Gas Chromatography
Foreign matter
None allowed
Visual
1
Nonvolatile residue, % by wt, max
0.10
Section 2.3
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This requirement does not apply to product that has been purified by vacuum distillation.
2.3 Nonvolatile residue. Transfer 10 ± 1 grams of product to the round bottom flask of a
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Kugelrohr apparatus. Assemble the apparatus and operate at 1 to 2 mm Hg and 65 ± 2°C for 60 ± 5
minutes. Calculate the weight percent gravimetrically.
2.4 Corrosion. The material shall be tested in accordance with ASTM F 483 (Total Immersion
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Corrosion). Test panels shall be prepared from cold-rolled sheet carbon steel and sheet aluminum
conforming to SAE AMS 5046C and SAE AMS-QQ-A-250, respectively. Steel panels shall be fabricated
from 1020 alloy. Aluminum test panels shall be fabricated from 2024 and 7075 alloy. The product shall
not cause etching, accretion, or pitting corrosion; nor any discoloration or dulling of the panels; nor cause
a weight change of an average of three test panels greater than that shown in Table III.
Table III. Maximum allowable weight change.
Alloy
Average of 3 Panels Weight Loss, Max
2
(mg/cm /168 hrs)
2024 clad aluminum
0.5
7075 clad aluminum
0.05
1020 steel
0.05
3.
PRODUCT CONFORMANCE PROVISIONS.
3.1 Contractor certification. The contractor shall certify and maintain substantiating evidence
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that the product offered meets the salient characteristics of this Commercial Item Description, and that the
product conforms to the producer's own drawings, specifications, standards, and quality assurance
practices, and be the same product offered for sale in the commercial marketplace. The government
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