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TABLE OF CONTENTS EXTENDED LIFE COOLANT TESTING INTERIM REPORT TFLRF No. 478 by Gregory A. T. Hansen Edwin A. Frame U.S. Army TARDEC Fuels and Lubricants Research Facility Southwest Research Institute (SwRI ) San Antonio, TX for Mr. Zackery Schroeder U.S. Army TARDEC Force Projection Technologies Warren, Michigan Contract No. W56HZV-09-C-0100 (WD35) : Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release June 2016

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EXTENDED LIFE COOLANT TESTING INTERIM REPORT TFLRF No. 478 by Gregory A. T. Hansen Edwin A. Frame U.S. Army TARDEC Fuels and Lubricants Research Facility Southwest Research Institute (SwRI ) San Antonio, TX for Mr. Zackery Schroeder U.S. Army TARDEC Force Projection Technologies Warren, Michigan Contract No. W56HZV-09-C-0100 (WD35) SwRI Project No. 08.20495.01.101 : Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release June 2016 Approved by: Gary B. Bessee, Director U.S. Army TARDEC Fuels and Lubricants Research Facility (SwRI )

REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing this collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports (0704-0188), 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. 1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY) 06-06-2016 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Extended Life Coolant Testing 2. REPORT TYPE Interim Report Simulated Service Corrosion Testing of Traditional and Extended Life Coolants 3. DATES COVERED (From - To) June 2014 June 2016 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER W56HZV-09-C-0100 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) Hansen, Gregory A. T.; Frame, Edwin A. 5d. PROJECT NUMBER SwRI 08.20495.01.101 5e. TASK NUMBER WD 35 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER U.S. Army TARDEC Fuels and Lubricants Research Facility (SwRI ) TFLRF No. 478 Southwest Research Institute P.O. Drawer 28510 San Antonio, TX 78228-0510 9. SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR S ACRONYM(S) U.S. Army RDECOM U.S. Army TARDEC Force Projection Technologies Warren, MI 48397-5000 12. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : Dist A Approved for public release; distribution unlimited 13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 11. SPONSOR/MONITOR S REPORT NUMBER(S) 14. ABSTRACT The U.S. Army has a desire to understand the interaction of traditional and extended life coolants with the goal to reduce the logistical burden of providing vehicle specific coolants. Several laboratory corrosion tests were performed according to ASTM D1384 and D2570, but with a 2.5x extended time length. While the results of testing showed little corrosion, some negative interactions with the corrosive water mixture were observed. 15. SUBJECT TERMS Coolant, ASTM D1384, ASTM D2570, Extended Life 16. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF: 17. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT a. REPORT b. ABSTRACT c. THIS PAGE 18. NUMBER OF PAGES 28 19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON 19b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (include area code) Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8-98) Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39.18 iv

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The use of extended life coolant (ELC) has become a priority to the U.S. Army in order to maintain parity amongst its fleet of military vehicles. Newer vehicles come factory-filled with ELC, while the Army continues to use traditional supplemental coolant additives (SCA)-based coolant (hereafter referred to as traditional coolant) with a shorter use and shelf-life. It is unknown if traditional coolant and ELC can be mixed, or if the entire coolant system needs to be flushed and refilled during routine maintenance. TARDEC intends to evaluate identified ELCs, traditional coolant and the mixtures thereof via a multitude of ASTM and Commercial Item Description (CID) test methods. If the Army can determine the viability of recycled/virgin ELC or ELC/traditional coolant mixtures, logistical burdens can be significantly reduced. The objective of this effort was to run modified versions (to extend the testing to be representative of five years of use) of ASTM D2570 Simulated Service Corrosion and ASTM D1384 Glassware Corrosion in a closed environment with several coolant formulations and mixtures in order to analyze coolant performance characteristics. This analysis may provide insight into corrosion performance of ELCs and ELC/traditional coolant mixtures in a laboratory testing environment that provides a closer approach to actual engine coolant systems. The two ASTM tests chosen for this effort were run for two and a half (2.5x) times their standard length. While it was anticipated that time would be an important factor in discrimination of coolant performance, the results were inconclusive. It is recommended that for future testing, other variables such as temperature, flow rate, or corrosive water concentration might have a larger impact on performance. v

FOREWORD/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The U.S. Army TARDEC Fuel and Lubricants Research Facility (TFLRF) located at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio, Texas, performed this work during the period June 2014 through June 2016 under Contract No. W56HZV-09-C-0100. The U.S. Army Tank Automotive RD&E Center, Force Projection Technologies, Warren, Michigan administered the project. Mr. Eric Sattler served as the TARDEC contracting officer s technical representative. Mr. Zackery Schroeder of TARDEC served as project technical monitor. The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of the TFLRF technical staff in running the ASTM tests and the administrative staff for report-processing support. vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...v FOREWORD/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... vi LIST OF FIGURES... viii LIST OF TABLES... ix ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS...x 1.0 BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION...1 2.0 Objective...1 3.0 Approach...1 4.0 Coolants Tested...2 5.0 Results and Discussion...3 6.0 Summary and Recommendations...11 Appendix A... A-1 Appendix B...B-1 vii

LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page Figure 1. ASTM D1384 Solder Coupon Mass Loss... 4 Figure 2. ASTM D1384 Coupons for Test CL14-6571 Extended Life Coolant #2... 5 Figure 3. ASTM D1384 Coupons for Test CL15-7352 Extended Life Coolant #2... 6 Figure 4. ASTM D2570 Copper Coupon Mass Loss... 7 Figure 5. ASTM D2570 Cast Aluminum Coupon Mass Loss... 8 Figure 6. ASTM D2570 Coupons for Test CL15-8350, 5% EG & 45% ELC1... 9 Figure 7. Cast iron vessel after test that had multiple pump failures... 10 Figure 8. 'Grease' found at bottom of cast iron vessel... 10 viii

LIST OF TABLES Table Page Table 1. Coolants run in ASTM D1384... 2 Table 2. Coolants run in ASTM D2570... 3 Table 3. Mass Loss Limits (milligrams) for ASTM D1384 and D2570... 3 ix

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials CID Commercial Item Description ELC Extended Life Coolant SCA Supplemental Coolant Additive SOW Scope of Work SwRI Southwest Research Institute TARDEC Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center TFLRF TARDEC Fuels and Lubricants Research Facility x

1.0 BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION The use of extended life coolant (ELC) has become a priority to the U.S. Army in order to maintain parity amongst its fleet of military vehicles. Newer vehicles come factory-filled with ELC, while the Army continues to use traditional supplemental coolant additives (SCA)-based coolant (hereafter referred to as traditional coolant) with a shorter use and shelf-life. It is unknown if traditional coolant and ELC can be mixed, or if the entire coolant system needs to be flushed and refilled during routine maintenance. TARDEC intends to evaluate identified ELCs, traditional coolant and the mixtures thereof via a multitude of ASTM and Commercial Item Description (CID) test methods. If the Army can determine the viability of recycled/virgin ELC or ELC/traditional coolant mixtures, logistical burdens can be significantly reduced. This report covers extended length ASTM coolant tests (ASTM D1384 and ASTM D2570) which were performed over two years. Testing was conducted at the U.S. Army TARDEC Fuels and Lubricants Research Facility (TFLRF), located at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio TX. 2.0 OBJECTIVE The objective of this effort was to run modified versions (to extend the testing to be representative of five years of use) of ASTM D2570 Simulated Service Corrosion and ASTM D1384 Glassware Corrosion in a closed environment with several coolant formulations and mixtures in order to analyze coolant performance characteristics. This analysis provided insight into corrosion performance of ELCs and ELC/traditional coolant mixtures in a testing environment that is a closer approximation of field testing. 3.0 APPROACH Both ASTM D1384 and ASTM D2570 were run for two and a half times their normal length. This resulted in ASTM D1384 tests that ran for 840 hours each, and ASTM D2570 tests that ran for 2660 hours each. While each ASTM D1384 test is run in triplicate for repeatability, there are no repeatability limits or duplicate runs for the ASTM D2570 test. 1

4.0 COOLANTS TESTED Table 1 and Table 2 list the coolant formulations tested in this program. According to their listed ASTM methods, the coolant formulations were mixed with a certain percentage of corrosive water which was made from a solution of de-ionized water and anhydrous salts: sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and sodium bicarbonate. Table 1. Coolants run in ASTM D1384 ASTM D1384 Coolant Formulation SwRI Lab Code 60% Ethlyene Glycol #1 40% H2O CL14-6565 60% Proplyene Glycol 40% H2O CL14-6566 60% Extended Life Coolant #1 40% H2O CL14-6567 50% Ethlyene Glycol #1 CL14-6568 50% Proplyene Glycol CL14-6569 50% Extended Life Coolant #1 CL14-6570 50% Extended Life Coolant #2 CL14-6571 100% Extended Life Coolant #1 CL14-6572 100% Ethlyene Glycol #1 CL14-6573 100% Proplyene Glycol CL14-6574 50% Ethlyene Glycol #2 CL15-7308 50% Extended Life Coolant #2 CL15-7352 50% Ethlyene Glycol #1 CL15-7564 30% Proplyene Glycol 70% Extended Life Coolant #1 CL15-8129 30% Ethlyene Glycol 70% Extended Life Coolant #2 CL15-8130 2

Table 2. Coolants run in ASTM D2570 ASTM D2570 Coolant Formulation SwRI Lab Code 50% Ethlyene Glycol #1 CL15-7564 50% Extended Life Coolant #1 CL15-8131 5% Ethlyene Glycol #1 45% Extended Life Coolant #1 CL15-8350 15% Ethlyene Glycol #1 35% Extended Life Coolant #1 CL15-8926 5% Proplyene Glycol #1 45% Extended Life Coolant #1 CL15-8927 15% Proplyene Glycol #1 35% Extended Life Coolant #1 CL15-8928 5.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ASTM D3306 defines the coupon mass loss limits for the glassware corrosion and simulated service corrosion tests. The values in Table 3 are the limits, in milligrams, for the standard length tests. Table 3. Mass Loss Limits (milligrams) for ASTM D1384 and D2570 ASTM D1384 ASTM D2570 Material Loss Limit Material Loss Limit Copper 10 Copper 20 Solder 30 Solder 60 Brass 10 Brass 20 Steel 10 Steel 20 Cast Iron 10 Cast Iron 20 Aluminum 30 Aluminum 60 3

Milligrams 50.0 0.0-50.0-100.0 8.0 0.0 1.0 1.3 ASTM D1384 Solder Coupon - Average 60% Ethlyene Glycol #1 40% H2O 60% Proplyene Glycol 5.0 9.3 2.7-3.3-15.3 15.0-92.0 13.3 1.0 6.3 40% H2O 60% Extended Life Coolant #1 40% H2O 50% Ethlyene Glycol #1 50% Proplyene Glycol 50% Extended Life Coolant #1 50% Extended Life Coolant #2 100% Extended Life Coolant #1 100% Ethlyene Glycol #1 100% Proplyene Glycol -150.0-200.0-176.3 50% Ethlyene Glycol #2 50% Extended Life Coolant #2 50% Ethlyene Glycol #1 30% Proplyene Glycol 70% Extended Life Coolant #1 30% Ethlyene Glycol 70% Extended Life Coolant #2 Figure 1. ASTM D1384 Solder Coupon Mass Loss For all of the tests run in the glassware corrosion test, only the solder coupons in the Extended Life Coolant #2 tests showed questionable results. In total, none of the coupons were beyond the proscribed limits for mass loss, but since there is no limit for mass gain, the results are open to interpretation. The two solder coupons with high mass gain (as seen in Figure 1), indicated by a large negative value, were heavily plated with salt at the end of the tests. Some of the salt flaked off during the approved cleaning procedure, and so the values would have been even more negative pre-cleaning. Images of the coupons for those two tests can be seen in Figure 2 and Figure 3. 4

Figure 2. ASTM D1384 Coupons for Test CL14-6571 Extended Life Coolant #2 The solder coupons in Figure 2 showed an average weight gain of 176.3 grams. The cleaning process for the solder involved brushing the coupons with a soft bristle brush to remove any loose deposits. Then they were immersed for 5 minutes in a 1% solution of glacial acetic acid. The coupons were then rinsed in deionized water and brushed again. This cleaning procedure, which is outlined in the ASTM D1384 method, removed some of the salt crust that formed, but not all. 5

Figure 3. ASTM D1384 Coupons for Test CL15-7352 Extended Life Coolant #2 The solder coupons in Figure 3 showed an average weight gain of 92 grams. This was a re-run of the previous test to make certain the salt crust accumulation on the coupons was repeatable, and not due to a laboratory error. For an unknown reason, one of the glass beakers (each test is run in triplicate) did not allow any accumulation on the solder coupon. So for the six glass beakers that ran this coolant, five of them showed very high salt accumulation on the solder coupon. All data tables for ASTM D1384 can be found in APPENDIX A. 6

In the simulated service corrosion tests, two of the six tests had copper coupons (as seen in Figure 4) had mass loss higher than the limit of 20 milligrams. 35.0 ASTM D2570 Copper Coupon - Average 32.0 50% Ethlyene Glycol #1 30.0 25.0 29.0 50% Extended Life Coolant #1 Milligrams 20.0 15.0 13.0 15.3 5% Ethlyene Glycol #1 45% Extended Life Coolant #1 15% Ethlyene Glycol #1 35% Extended Life Coolant #1 10.0 7.3 8.0 5% Proplyene Glycol #1 45% Extended Life Coolant #1 5.0 0.0 15% Proplyene Glycol #1 35% Extended Life Coolant #1 Figure 4. ASTM D2570 Copper Coupon Mass Loss In both of the tests exhibiting higher than allowed copper mass loss, the coolant formulations were a mix of either 15% ethylene or propylene glycol and 35% extended life coolant #1 (ELC1) with a balance of water. At a higher ELC1 content of 45% or 50%, the mass loss results were within acceptable bounds. This may warrant further study at lower ELC1 concentrations in various coolant mixtures as there could be some competitive chemistry at work in the additive packages. There was an issue with mass gain during this testing as well, although the cast aluminum coupons showed the evidence as opposed to the solder coupons mentioned previously. For the third test 7

which was a mixture of 5% ethylene glycol, 45% ELC1, and 50% water, there was significant material accumulation on the aluminum coupons as seen in Figure 5 and Figure 6. 10.0 0.0-10.0 ASTM D2570 Cast Aluminum Coupon - Average -1.3-1.0 0.7 2.3 50% Ethlyene Glycol #1 50% Extended Life Coolant #1 Milligrams -20.0-30.0-40.0-16.7 5% Ethlyene Glycol #1 45% Extended Life Coolant #1 15% Ethlyene Glycol #1 35% Extended Life Coolant #1-50.0 5% Proplyene Glycol #1 45% Extended Life Coolant #1-60.0-70.0-62.0 15% Proplyene Glycol #1 35% Extended Life Coolant #1 Figure 5. ASTM D2570 Cast Aluminum Coupon Mass Loss The cause of these deposits may be due to a series of pump failures that occurred during the test. Typically pump failures occur due to the design age (1987 Buick Skylark, per the method), but it is uncommon to have more than 1 per test. The procedure for continuing the test is to drain the fluid, replace the pump, put all of the fluid back in and top off if necessary. The first pump failure in the test was an internal bearing rupture, which was only discovered during post-test investigations. This caused some of the bearing grease to be washed out into the coolant system. 8

Figure 6. ASTM D2570 Coupons for Test CL15-8350, 5% EG & 45% ELC1 Although no samples were analyzed, pictures were taken of the heavy deposits inside the cast iron vessel and of the grease that was collected from the system, Figure 7 and Figure 8. 9

Figure 7. Cast iron vessel after test that had multiple pump failures Figure 8. 'Grease' found at bottom of cast iron vessel 10

It is possible that there was some chemical reactions occurring between the corrosive water and the grease that was leaked into the system. In terms of corrosion, the third test still passed by not exceeding any of the mass loss limits, but since water pump failures can and do occur in the field, it may be of interest to further investigate the interaction of coolant mixtures and bearing greases typically found in the coolant pumps. This could ensure that the coolant system would not clog up and still be serviceable after replacement of a failed pump. All of the other test images of the coupons in the ASTM D2570 testing are available upon request but are not included in this document due to their un-remarkable nature. All data tables for ASTM D2570 can be found in APPENDIX B. 6.0 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS In total, 15 glassware corrosion and 6 simulated service corrosion tests were run. The glassware test did not show any significant differences in corrosion protection between the coolants. It did indicate that there was a negative interaction between ELC#2 and the corrosive water mixture, with heavy salt deposits on the solder coupons. The simulated service test did show some increased copper corrosion for some of the ELC#1 coolant mixtures but not all. There were also some increased salt deposits on the aluminum coupons. When compared to the baseline SCA glycol coolants, the ELC coolants and ELC mixtures were unable to show increased corrosion protection. This result demonstrates that extending the test time was not a significant variable. In future testing other variables such as temperature (or temperature differential), flow rate, corrosive concentration, or even 3 rd party contaminants may have a larger impact and be better able to distinguish differences in coolant performance. 11

Appendix A ASTM D1384 Results A-1

Sample Name CL14-6573 CL14-6566 CL14-6570 CL14-6568 CL14-6574 Copper 1 mg 1 13 2 2 4 Copper 2 mg 1 8 3 3 3 Copper 3 mg 1 7 4 3 3 Solder 1 mg 9 1 0 1 5 Solder 2 mg 7-3 2 2 5 Solder 3 mg 8 2 1 1 5 Brass 1 mg 0 11 2 2 1 Brass 2 mg 0 0 2 1 2 Brass 3 mg 0 1 4 1 3 Steel 1 mg 1-1 -1 2-4 Steel 2 mg 1-1 0 2-4 Steel 3 mg 0-3 0 1-2 Cast Iron 1 mg -4-8 -7 0-1 Cast Iron 2 mg -4-9 -6-1 -10 Cast Iron 3 mg -5-9 -3 0-3 Cast Aluminum 1 mg 37 21 8 4 6 Cast Aluminum 2 mg -3 23 9 6 7 Cast Aluminum 3 mg 15 16 8 12 7 A-2

Sample Name CL14-6565 CL14-6571 CL14-6569 CL14-6572 CL14-6567 Copper 1 mg 2 3 6-10 5 Copper 2 mg 2 3 6-6 6 Copper 3 mg 2 5 5-6 4 Solder 1 mg 8-147 1-3 -12 Solder 2 mg 10-233 4-4 -20 Solder 3 mg 10-149 3-3 -14 Brass 1 mg 2 5 3-6 -2 Brass 2 mg 2 4 5-3 -3 Brass 3 mg 1 4 6-3 -2 Steel 1 mg 0-1 0-1 0 Steel 2 mg 0 0-1 0-1 Steel 3 mg 0 0 0-4 0 Cast Iron 1 mg -4 0-9 -3-5 Cast Iron 2 mg -1-6 -7-5 -6 Cast Iron 3 mg -2-5 -6-4 -2 Cast Aluminum 1 mg -4 1 14 2-1 Cast Aluminum 2 mg -5 0 35 1-5 Cast Aluminum 3 mg -4 2 24-1 -2 A-3

Sample Name CL15-7308 CL15-7352 CL15-7564 CL15-8129 CL15-8130 Copper 1 mg 3 1 3 4 2 Copper 2 mg 3 1 4 5 3 Copper 3 mg 3 1 3 5 2 Solder 1 mg 16-149 15 0 6 Solder 2 mg 12-1 12 2 6 Solder 3 mg 17-126 13 1 7 Brass 1 mg 3 1 4 3 0 Brass 2 mg 3 0 3 2 1 Brass 3 mg 3-1 3 3 2 Steel 1 mg 0-3 1 0 0 Steel 2 mg 1-1 1 0 0 Steel 3 mg 1-2 1 0 1 Cast Iron 1 mg -3-5 -5 0-3 Cast Iron 2 mg -5-4 -2 0-3 Cast Iron 3 mg -3-2 -3 0-3 Cast Aluminum 1 mg 3 4-1 1 1 Cast Aluminum 2 mg 3 3-3 4 5 Cast Aluminum 3 mg 2 4 0 3 3 A-4

Appendix B ASTM D2570 Results B-1

Sample Name CL15-7564 CL15-8131 CL15-8350 Copper 1 mg 12 7 7 Copper 2 mg 13 7 7 Copper 3 mg 14 8 10 Solder 1 mg 22 8 6 Solder 2 mg 14 3 3 Solder 3 mg 18 6 6 Brass 1 mg 10 7 7 Brass 2 mg 9 7 8 Brass 3 mg 9 8 9 Steel 1 mg 4 2 0 Steel 2 mg 3 1 0 Steel 3 mg 4 1 0 Cast Iron 1 mg -1-2 0 Cast Iron 2 mg -2-1 0 Cast Iron 3 mg -5-2 0 Cast Aluminum 1 mg -1-21 -74 Cast Aluminum 2 mg -1-31 -72 Cast Aluminum 3 mg -2 2-40 New Freeze Point deg F -15-20 -21 New ph. 10.1 8.5 8.5 New Reserve Alkalinity ml HCl 1.6 2.2 2.9 New Color. Green Pink Red New Precipitate. None N/A None New Clarity. Translucent Translucent Translucent Used Freeze Point deg F -15-20 -19 Used ph. 8 9.3 9.2 Used Reserve Alkalinity ml HCL 1.2 2 3.4 Used Color. Green Pink Dark Red Used Precipitate. None N/A Sediments Used Clarity. Translucent Translucent Translucent B-2

Sample Name CL15-8926 CL15-8927 CL15-8928 Copper 1 mg 30 20 28 Copper 2 mg 33 14 30 Copper 3 mg 33 12 29 Solder 1 mg 7 14 20 Solder 2 mg 8 6 24 Solder 3 mg 8 5 27 Brass 1 mg 8 18 8 Brass 2 mg 6 9 8 Brass 3 mg 8 10 8 Steel 1 mg 1 0-2 Steel 2 mg 1 0-1 Steel 3 mg 1 0-1 Cast Iron 1 mg -1 0-5 Cast Iron 2 mg -1-1 -4 Cast Iron 3 mg -1-1 -5 Cast Aluminum 1 mg -1 0 3 Cast Aluminum 2 mg -1 1 3 Cast Aluminum 3 mg -1 1 1 New Freeze Point deg F -23-20 -25 New ph. 8.12 8.11 9.03 New Reserve Alkalinity ml HCl 1.6 1.4 1.7 New Color. Red Red Red New Precipitate. None None None New Clarity. Translucent Translucent Translucent Used Freeze Point deg F -25-23 -28 Used ph. 8.41 8.56 8.85 Used Reserve Alkalinity ml HCL 1.8 1.6 1.8 Used Color. Red Red Red Used Precipitate. None None None Used Clarity. Translucent Translucent Translucent B-3