The Anton Paar viscometer series in combination with an Xsample are reliable in determination of both kinematic and dynamic viscosity and additional calculation of the Viscosity Index (VI) according to ASTM D2270 with one filling.
The systems setup is a SVM & Xsample 530, for reproducibility as well as user friendliness due to user independent filling and cleaning procedures.
This report describes specifically how to test in-service lube oils with the SVM 4001 in combination with Xsample 530 and a manually filled SVM 3001 to get data comparable to ASTM D445.
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