scope:

This recommended practice provides general educational information on the following aspects of each of the common industrial types of fire resistant fluids used in hydraulic fluid power systems:

a) product description;

b) operating temperature;

c) foaming and aeration;

d) corrosive properties;

e) effects on protective coating;

f) wear resistant characteristics;

g) viscosity control;

h) fluid stability;

i) fluid exposure safety;

j) spills;

k) contamination;

l) effects on strainers and filters;

m) effects on elastomers;

n) piping and accessory precautions;

o) changing fluids in a system.

This recommended practice will:

a) provide a composite reference of pertinent general data on fire resistant fluids;

b) facilitate the design of industrial fluid power systems that use fire resistant fluids;

c) improve the operation and increase the reliability of fluid power systems that use fire resistant fluids;

d) clarify the maintenance of fire resistant fluids;

e) provide basic procedures for initial filling or changing types of fire resistant fluids considered for use in fluid power systems;

f) point out general properties and characteristics of the types of fire resistant fluids considered for use in fluid power systems.