Determine cloud and pour point of given sample of oil.
Determine cloud and pour point of given sample of oil. THEORY: - 1. CLOUD POINT:- It is the temperature in a standardized test at which cloudiness develops due to separation of wax. At this temperature solid matter begins to crystallize out and separate out. The cloud point occurs at higher temperature than the pour point. 2. POUR POINT:- It is the temperature at which the oil will stop to flow then cooled under specified conditions. Lubricating oils which are mixture of various hydro carbons, behave like a portion of their constituents before the whole mixture solidifies upon cooling. The setting point of oil will therefore temperature at which solid matter commences to separate or the temperature at which the oil completely loses its fluidity. Oil containing paraffin’s temperature at which separation of solid paraffin is observed to commence is recorded as cloud point for mineral oil which contain no paraffin’s the separation can not be seen up on cooling of this oil. ...