Oil and Fuel Analysis
BETA Laboratory has the following lubricating and insulating oil and grease testing capabilities. Please contact us for a quote or additional information on any of our services.
- Antifreeze analysis (pH, pour pt., sp.gr.)
- Ash content
- BTU
- Carbon residue
- Cetane number
- Cloud/pour point
- Color
- Copper corrosion
- Crackle test moisture (no charge, included with other services)
- Dielectric strength
- Dissolved gases in insulating oil analysis (DGA)
- Distillation
- Emulsion test
- Ferrography - analytical
- Ferrography - direct reader
- Filter examination
- Filter preparation
- Flash/fire point - open cup
- Flash/fire point - closed cup
- Foaming tendency
- Grease package - quality (cone pt, drop pt.)
- Grease - cone penetration
- Greast - dropping point
- Insulating oil screen (dielectric strength, moisture)
- Insulating oil quality (IFT, color, dielectric strength, moisture, neutralization number, specific gravity)
- Insulating oil quality - new oil (IFT, color, dieStr, moist, NN, PtCt, SpGr, Fl/Fr, pour)
- Interfacial tension
- Karl Fisher moisture
- Lube Package - mills, air htrs, delvac, gearbox, diesel engines (NN, WPC, metals, visc)
- Lube package - fans, pumps, turbines, compressors, hydraulic (metals, NN, PtCt, WPC, visc. moisture)
- Metals
- Neutralization number (acid or base)
- Oxidation stability testing
- Particle count
- PCB in cable compound - GC analysis
- PCB in cable (extraction) - GC analysis
- PCB in oil - GC analysis
- Pentane insolubles membrane filtration
- Pentane insolubles - percent by volume
- Pentane Insolubles (COAG) - percent by weight or percent by volume
- Rotary bomb
- Specific gravity
- Spectrographic analysis - oil
- Sulfur
- Total halogens
- Total particulate
- Viscosity - automatic and manual
- Water and bottom sediment
- Wear particle count