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| Physical Tests | Standards/Ranges-a | Castrol Edge | Valvoline SYN Power |
Mobil1 | Mobil Super Synthetic |
Quaker State Ultimate |
Pennzoil Ultra |
Pennzoil Platinum |
Kendall GT-1 | LUKOIL | Schaeffer's Supreme |
ProLine | Lucas |
| D2896 TBN mg KOH/g | 8.0 to 11.3 | 11.3 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| D445 Viscosity @ 100¡Æ C cSt | 9.3 to 12.5 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.4 |
| D445 Viscosity @ 40¡ÆC cSt | 52.4 to 62.5 | 62.5 | 61.6 | 62.4 | 66.1 | 55.3 | 55.7 | 55.1 | 64.9 | 61.1 | 61.0 | 64.4 | 64.0 |
| D2270 Viscosity Index | 161 to 171 | 161 | 168 | 170 | 165 | 172 | 165 | 171 | 164 | 167 | 161 | 164 | 174 |
| D5293 Viscosity @-30¡Æ C mPa | 6,600 Max | 5,544 | 4,329 | 3,937 | 5,436 | 4,184 | 3,827 | 4,154 | 5,090 | 4,512 | 4,941 | 5,553 | 4,293 |
| D5800 NOACK volatility mass % loss, 1 hr @250¡ÆC | 15 Max | 11.1 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 8.8 | 6.6 | 9.3 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 14.9 |
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| Calcium (Ca), ppm | 764 to 2,648 | 764 | 2,125 | 1,161 | 2,240 | 2,411 | 2,648 | 2,624 | 2,435 | 1,791 | 2,137 | 2,302 | 1,805 |
| Magnesium, (Mg), ppm | 7 to 1,462 | 1,462 | 7 | 772 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| Phosphorus (P), ppm | 600 to 800 | 672 | 699 | 689 | 698 | 687 | 744 | 651 | 663 | 670 | 649 | 715 | 736 |
| Zinc (Zn), ppm | 821 to 987 | 836 | 825 | 821 | 845 | 847 | 987 | 869 | 834 | 873 | 857 | 850 | 878 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), ppm | <1 to 80 | 80 | <1 | 85 | 81 | 58 | 68 | 59 | 81 | <1 | 309 | <1 | <1 |
| Barium (Ba), ppm | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
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| Boron (B), ppm | 2 to 255 | 76 | 4 | 108 | 255 | 5 | 152 | 2 | 253 | 5 | 14 | 200 | 1 |
| Silicon (Si), ppm | 3 to 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 7 |
| Potassium (K), ppm | <5 to 6 | <5 | 6 | 5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Manganese (Mn), ppm | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| Titanium (Ti), ppm | <1 to 2 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 2 | <1 | 93 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| Copper (Cu), ppm | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| Sodium (Na), ppm | <5 to 461 | <5 | 461 | <5 | 5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | 474 | 472 | <5 | 478 |
| Vanadium (V), ppm | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| Siliver (Ag), ppm | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| Aluminum (Al), ppm | <1 to 3 | 3 | <1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | <1 | 5 | 2 | <1 |
| Chromium (Cr), ppm | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| Iron (Fe), ppm | <1 to 1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | 1 |
| Nickel (Ni), ppm | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| Lead (Pb), ppm | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| Antimony (Sb), ppm | <1 | <1 | 2 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 69 | <1 | <1 |
| Tin (Sn), ppm | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
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a- Standards, shown in black are established by
API, SAE and others. Ranges, shown in green, represent the high and low data for
the 7 major brands of synthetic API SN ILSAC GF-5
tested
in February 2013.