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For new natural ester fluid, Table 1 of ASTM D6871-26 names three breakdown tests: power-frequency breakdown with disk electrodes by ASTM D877/D877M, power-frequency breakdown with VDE electrodes at two gap spacings by ASTM D1816, and impulse breakdown across a needle-to-sphere gap by ASTM D3300.

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Insulating Liquid Dielectric Breakdown (Test methods)
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ASTM D6871-26, clause Table 1, Natural (Vegetable Oil) Ester Fluids Used in Electrical Apparatus, ASTM International. Publisher page

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