SAE ARP598B-1991
THE DETERMINATION OF PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION IN LIQUIDS BY THE PARTICLE COUNT METHOD

Standard No.

SAE ARP598B-1991

Release Date

1991

Published By

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

SAE ARP598C-2003

Latest

SAE ARP598D-2016

Scope

This method describes a procedure for the sizing and counting of particulate contamination in liquid samples by membrane filtration. The procedure will allow measurement of particulate contamination five micrometres or greater in size with a maximum variation of ±20% in results over an average of two runs. This procedure can be used for all samples where the membrane filter is compatible with the sample liquid and rinse liquid. Section II of this procedure may be used to count any sample on a gridded membrane where particles are evenly distributed. This procedure is an alternative to counting with an automatic particle counter although results by each method from identical samples might not be equivalent due to individual idiosyncrasies in each technique.

SAE ARP598B-1991 history

• 2016 SAE ARP598D-2016 Aerospace Microscopic Sizing and Counting of Particulate Contamination for Fluid Power Systems
• 2003 SAE ARP598C-2003 (R) Aerospace Microscopic Sizing and Counting of Particulate Contamination for Fluid Power Systems
• 1991 SAE ARP598B-1991 THE DETERMINATION OF PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION IN LIQUIDS BY THE PARTICLE COUNT METHOD
• 1991 SAE ARP598-1991 PROCEDURE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION OF HYDRAULIC FLUIDS BY THE PARTICLE COUNT METHOD
• 1986 SAE ARP598B-1986 Determination of Particulate Contamination in Liquids by the Particle Count Method
• 1969 SAE ARP598A-1969 The Determination of Particulate Contamination in Liquids by the Particle Count Method