TAN Standards (C09-1066-205)

The products listed for Total Acid Number (TAN) are used in procedures to test and control the acidic constituents in petroleum, lubricants, biodiesel or blends of biodiesel. Total Acid Number (TAN) The procedures for the measurement of this parameter (laid down in various ASTM methods) vary depending on sample solubility in materials such as Toluene or Propan-2-ol, the dissociation constants of the acids in water, or the nature of the test sample. Therefore, the methodology used for lubricants maybe be different from the methodology used for biodiesel. In new and used oils the constituents that may be considered to have acidic characteristics include organic acids, inorganic acids, esters, phenolic compounds, lactones, resins, salts of heavy metals, acid salts of polybasic acids, and additives such as inhibitors and detergents. The test method is used to indicate relative changes that occur in oil during use under oxidising conditions regardless of the colour or other properties of the oil. The method is also used as a guide in the quality control of lubricating oil formulations or as a measure of lubricant degradation. It is not intended to measure an absolute acidic property that can be used to predict performance of oil under working conditions. There is no known relationship between corrosion of bearings and acid number. The methodology of performing the test involves dissolving the sample in a titration solvent and titrating potentiometrically as an acid/base titration with alcoholic potassium hydroxide.All in a Synthetic Base Oil Matrix. Specification: 3.0mg/g KOH