BRITISHSTANDARDBSISO16232-1:2007Roadvehicles—Cleanlinessofcomponentsoffluidcircuits—Part1:VocabularyICS01.040.43;13.040.50;43.180 LicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunJul1509:31:37GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSISO16232-1:2007ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon29June2007©BSI2007ISBN9780580509285NationalforewordThisBritishStandardwaspublishedbyBSI.ItistheUKimplementationofISO16232-1:2007.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeMCE/22,Enginesforroadvehicles.Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandardcannotconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunJul1509:31:37GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIReferencenumberISO16232-1:2007(E)INTERNATIONALSTANDARDISO16232-1Firstedition2007-06-01Roadvehicles—Cleanlinessofcomponentsoffluidcircuits—Part1:VocabularyVéhiculesroutiers—Propretédescomposantsdescircuitsdefluide—Partie1:VocabulaireBSISO16232-1:2007LicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunJul1509:31:37GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIiiLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunJul1509:31:37GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIiiiContentsPageForeword............................................................................................................................................................ivIntroduction........................................................................................................................................................v1Scope.....................................................................................................................................................12Normativereferences...........................................................................................................................13Termsanddefinitions...........................................................................................................................14Symbolsandabreviations.................................................................................................................11BSISO16232-1:2007LicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunJul1509:31:37GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIivForewordISO(theInternationalOrganizationforStandardization)isaworldwidefederationofnationalstandardsbodies(ISOmemberbodies).TheworkofpreparingInternationalStandardsisnormallycarriedoutthroughISOtechnicalcommittees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommitteehasbeenestablishedhastherighttoberepresentedonthatcommittee.Internationalorganizations,governmentalandnon-governmental,inliaisonwithISO,alsotakepartinthework.ISOcollaboratescloselywiththeInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(IEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization.InternationalStandardsaredraftedinaccordancewiththerulesgivenintheISO/IECDirectives,Part2.ThemaintaskoftechnicalcommitteesistoprepareInternationalStandards.DraftInternationalStandardsadoptedbythetechnicalcommitteesarecirculatedtothememberbodiesforvoting.PublicationasanInternationalStandardrequiresapprovalbyatleast75%ofthememberbodiescastingavote.Attentionisdrawntothepossibilitythatsomeoftheelementsofthisdocumentmaybethesubjectofpatentrights.ISOshallnotbeheldresponsibleforidentifyinganyorallsuchpatentrights.ISO16232-1waspreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeISO/TC22,Roadvehicles,SubcommitteeSC5,Enginetests.ISO16232consistsofthefollowingparts,underthegeneraltitleRoadvehicles—Cleanlinessofcomponentsoffluidcircuits:⎯Part1:Vocabulary⎯Part2:Methodofextractionofcontaminantsbyagitation⎯Part3:Methodofextractionofcontaminantsbypressurerinsing⎯Part4:Methodofextractionofcontaminantsbyultrasonictechniques⎯Part5:Methodofextractionofcontaminantsonfunctionaltestbench⎯Part6:Particlemassdeterminationbygravimetricanalysis⎯Part7:Particlesizingandcountingbymicroscopicanalysis⎯Part8:Particlenaturedeterminationbymicroscopicanalysis⎯Part9:Particlesizingandcountingbyautomaticlightextinctionparticlecounter⎯Part10:ExpressionofresultsBSISO16232-1:2007LicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunJul1509:31:37GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIvIntroductionThepresenceofparticulatecontaminationinafluidsystemisacknowledgedtobeamajorfactorgoverningthelifeandreliabilityofthatsystem.Thepresenceofparticlesresidualfromthemanufacturingandassemblyprocesseswillcauseasubstantialincreaseinthewearratesofthesystemduringtheinitialrun-upandearlylife,andmayevencausecatastrophicfailures.Inordertoachievereliableperformanceofcomponentsandsystems,controlovertheamountofparticlesintroducedduringthebuildphaseisneces