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Designation:D 2296 01Standard Specification forContinuity of Quality of Electrical Insulating Polybutene Oilfor Capacitors1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 2296;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon(e)indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This specification provides the limits within which theproperties of electrical insulating polybutene oil for capacitorsshall conform in order to ensure an unvarying continuity in thequality and grade of polybutene oil supplied.1.2 It is expected that additional laboratory or service testsof the purchasers own choosing may be applied to polybuteneoil from each source of supply before approval for use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:D 92 Test Method for Flash and Fire Points by ClevelandOpen Cup2D 97 Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products2D 117 Guide for Sampling,Test Methods,and Specifica-tions for Electrical Insulating Oils of Petroleum Origin3D 445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparentand Opaque Liquids(and the Calculation of DynamicViscosity)2D 664 Test Method forAcid Number of Petroleum Productsby Potentiometric Titration2D 877 Test Method for Dielectric Breakdown Voltage ofInsulating Liquids Using Disk Electrodes3D 878 Test Method for Inorganic Chlorides and Sulfates inInsulating Oils3D 923 Practice for Sampling Electrical Insulating Liquids3D 924 Test Method for Dissipation Factor(or Power Factor)and Relative Permittivity(Dielectric Constant)of Electri-cal Insulating Liquids3D 974 Test Method for Acid and Base Number by Color-Indicator Titration2D 1169 Test Method for Specific Resistance(Resistivity)ofElectrical Insulating Liquids3D 1275 Test Method for Corrosive Sulfur in ElectricalInsulating Oils3D 1298 Test Method for Density,Relative Density(SpecificGravity),or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and LiquidPetroleum Products by Hydrometer Method2D 1500 Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Prod-ucts(ASTM Color Scale)2D 1533 Test Methods for Water in Insulating Liquids(KarlFischer Reaction Method)3D 1816 Test Method for Dielectric Breakdown Voltage ofInsulating Oils of Petroleum Origin Using VDE Elec-trodes3D 1934 Test Method for Oxidative Aging of ElectricalInsulating Petroleum Oils by Open-Beaker Method3D 2161 Practice for Conversion of Kinematic Viscosity toSaybolt Universal Viscosity or to Saybolt Furol Viscosity2D 2522 Test Method for Chlorine Content of PolybutenesUsed for Electrical Insulation3D 2864 Terminology Relating to Electrical Insulating Liq-uids and Gases33.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 For definitions applicable to the properties listed inTable 1,reference should be made to Guide D 117.Forstandard definitions refer to Terminology D 2864.4.Materials and Manufacture4.1 No change shall be made in the type of polybutene oilwithout prior agreement with the purchaser.The polybutene oilshall not contain additives.5.Detail Requirements and Test Methods5.1 Electrically insulating polybutene oil shall conform tothe requirements prescribed in Table 1 and shall be tested inaccordance with the test methods listed therein.6.Sampling6.1 Electrically insulating polybutene oil shall be sampledin accordance with Practice D 923.7.Shipping7.1 All polybutene oil containers,including attendant pipesand pumps,shall be clean and dry.No change shall be made inthe approved type of containers without prior agreement withthe purchaser.1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D27 onElectrical Insulating Liquids and Gases and is the direct responsibility of Subcom-mittee D27.02 on Gases and Synthetic Liquids.Current edition approved April 10,2001.Published June 2001.Originallypublished as D 2296 64 T.Last previous edition D 2296 84.2Annual Book of ASTM Standards,Vol 05.01.3Annual Book of ASTM Standards,Vol 10.03.1Copyright ASTM,100 Barr Harbor Drive,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959,United States.8.Keywords8.1 capacitors;dielectric;dielectric fluid;insulating oil;oil;polybutene oilThe American Society for Testing and Materials takes no position respecting the validity of any patent rights asserted in connectionwith any item mentioned in this standard.Users of this standard are expressly advised that determination of the validity of any suchpatent rights,and the risk of infringement of such rights,are entirely their own responsibility.This standard is subject to revision at any time by the responsible technical committee and must be reviewed every five years andif not revised,either reapproved or withdrawn.Your comments are invited either for revision of this standard or for additional standardsand should be addressed to ASTM Headquarters.Your comments will receive careful consideration at a meeting of the responsibletechnical committee,which you may attend.If you feel that your com