Hydraulic fluid power — Determination of the particulate contamination level of a liquid sample by automatic particle counting using the light-extinction principle

ISO 11500:2008 specifies an automatic particle-counting procedure for determining the number and sizes of particles present in hydraulic-fluid bottle samples of clear, homogeneous, single-phase liquids using an automatic particle counter (APC) that works on the light-extinction principle.

ISO 11500:2008 is applicable to the monitoring of the cleanliness level of fluids circulating in hydraulic systems, the progress of a flushing operation, the cleanliness level of support equipment and test rigs and the cleanliness level of packaged stock.