Designation:D6130−11StandardTestMethodforDeterminationofSiliconandOtherElementsinEngineCoolantbyInductivelyCoupledPlasma-AtomicEmissionSpectroscopy1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6130;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationofsiliconinenginecoolantbyinductivelycoupledplasma-atomicemissionspectroscopy(ICP-AES).Siliconcanbedeterminedaslowastherangeof5ppmbythistestmethod.Otherelementsalsofoundinenginecoolantcanbedeterminedbythismethod.Thistestmethodisapplicabletothedeterminationofdissolvedordispersedelements.1.2Thistestmethodisapplicabletobothnewandusedenginecoolant.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D1193SpecificationforReagentWaterD1176PracticeforSamplingandPreparingAqueousSolu-tionsofEngineCoolantsorAntirustsforTestingPurposesE177PracticeforUseoftheTermsPrecisionandBiasinASTMTestMethodsE691PracticeforConductinganInterlaboratoryStudytoDeterminethePrecisionofaTestMethod2.2USEPAStandards:Method6010,InductivelyCoupledPlasmaMethod,SW-846,TestMethodsforEvaluatingSolidWaste3Method200.7,InductivelyCoupledPlasma-AtomicEmis-sionSpectrometricMethodforTraceElementAnalysisofWaterAndWastes,EPA-600/4-79-020,revised198433.SummaryofTestMethod3.1Elementsinsolutionaredetermined,eithersequentiallyorsimultaneously,byICP-AES.Neworusedenginecoolantsarepreparedbydilution.Samplesandstandardsareintroducedtothenebulizerusingaperistalticpumpandtheaerosolisinjectedintoanargon...
