astm WK46501 requested

[jurgita]

Please share ASTM WK46501 "New Test Method for Test Method for Fuel Dilution of In-Service Lubricants Using Surface Acoustic Wave Sensing"

[Marty Thompson]

This is not out there
The title and scope are in draft form and are under development within this ASTM Committee.

[jurgita]

So if I buy the equipment working under this standard, means the device manufacturer is lying, the device works in accordance with this standard?

[Marty Thompson]

It is a work item.
A Work Item (WK) is a proposed new standard or a revision to an existing standard that is under development by a committee.

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WK46501

1. Scope

This Method describes a means for determining the amount of fuel dilution present in an in-service lubricant. This is achieved by drawing into a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor vapor from the lubricant. Fuel vapor will be absorbed by the SAW sensors polymer coating. The amount of absorbance is then related to fuel content in the lubricant.

Currently there is no known standard for SAW-based fuel contamination detection in lubricants, even though this technology has been in-use for well over a decade for as a quick field-based tool. There are hundreds of units currently in use. Primary users are the US Navy, which originally developed the technology, for shipboard use, railroads, and analysis laboratories.