Contaminant | Reporting units |
Air and Other Non-condensables | 1.5% by volume @ 25 °C (N/A for refrigerants used in low-pressure appliances1). |
Water | 10 ppm by weight 20 ppm by weight (for refrigerants used in low-pressure appliances1). |
Other Impurities Including Refrigerant | 0.50% by weight. |
High boiling residue | 0.01% by volume. |
Particulates/solids | visually clean to pass. |
Acidity | 1.0 ppm by weight. |
Chlorides (chloride level for pass/fail is 3ppm) | No visible turbidity. |
1 Low-pressure appliances means an appliance that uses a refrigerant with a liquid phase saturation pressure below 45 psia at 104 °F.
Blend Compositions (Where Applicable)
Nominal composition (by weight%) | Allowable composition (by weight%) |
Component constitutes 25% or more | ±2.0 |
Component constitutes less than 25% but greater than 10% | ±1.0 |
Component constitutes less than or equal to 10% | ±0.5 |
40 C.F.R. 82 app A1 to Subpart F of Part 82