P r o d u c t N o t e
FT-IR Spectroscopy
Key Features
• Allows validation of system performance
• Specially formulated for FT-IR lubricants
analysis
• Supplied with certified property values
OilExpress™ 4 DUO XL
In-Service Lubricants FT-IR FT-IR analysis has become an increasingly important tool for in-service
lubricants analysis, and is now widely deployed in a range of environ-
Control Oil ments from high-throughput labs using the OilExpress autosampling
system through to smaller field labs and on-site installations using
the Spectrum Two™ In-Service Lubricants FT-IR Analysis System based
on the revolutionary Spectrum Two instrument.
Confidence in analytical results requires validation that the method
is being performed correctly and instrumentation is operating within
its specifications. Analyzing samples with known properties is a key
component of this process. In-service lubricants, however, are very
complex samples, containing both dissolved and suspended additives
and contaminants and, until now, a realistic yet well-characterized
control oil has not been available.
Ensuring reliability for lubricant analysis
The In-Service Lubricants FT-IR Control Oil from PerkinElmer has been
specially formulated to mimic the spectral signature of an in-service
diesel motor oil, and contains known amounts of water, soot, oxidation
(carbonyl-bearing compounds) and ethylene glycol (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Certificate of Analysis Figure 2. In-Service Lubricants
FT-IR oil Each bottle of the oil comes with a Certificate of Analysis stating
nominal values and uncertainties for several oil condition parameters,
measured following ASTM® standards. System performance can
thus be validated without needing to conduct time-consuming
round-robin studies.
As a method-level validation, the Control Oil should be
analyzed as any other sample on the In-Service Lubricants
Analysis System or OilExpress system, using the ASTM®
E2412 direct-trending protocol. The results are then
compared to the Certificate of Analysis. If all the values
are within the stated uncertainties, the system is performing
correctly. Values outside the stated ranges may indicate
that the cell requires cleaning, sampling SOPs are not being
followed, or there is a configuration issue requiring corrective
Figure 3. Example of FT-IR spectrum of the control oil. action.
Ordering information
The control oil can be used with OilExpress 4, OilExpress
(software version 4.0 or later), and the Spectrum Touch
In-Service Lubricants Analysis System (version 1.1 or later).
The oil is packaged in 100-mL bottles, sufficient for up to
50 analyses with OilExpress 4
Part Number Description
N9308350 In-Service Lubricants FT-IR Control Standard
Figure 4. Spectrum Touch In-Service Lubricants ft-ir Analysis System with
Spectrum Touch software
Figure 5. Spectrum Two
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