Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus

Name: Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus
Creator: Insulating Fluid Reference
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Updated 2026-10-27

Edition timeline. Editions recorded for this standard from the publisher's catalog. The filled dot marks the edition listed as current.

Edition timeline: edition years from the publishers' catalogs; editions without a four-digit year are listed but not plotted.
Standard	Edition	Kind	Current	Record
Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus	2016, editorial revision E01	Edition		std.astm-d3487.edition.2016
Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus	2024	Edition		std.astm-d3487.edition.2024
Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus	2025	Edition	Yes	std.astm-d3487.edition.2025

Data records

ASTM D3487-25 is the designation of the document titled Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus. Value: ASTM D3487-25. Source: ASTM D3487-25. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d3487.designation
ASTM D3487-16E01 is listed among the earlier versions on the ASTM store page for D3487-24. Value: 2016, editorial revision E01. Source: ASTM D3487-16E01. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d3487.edition.2016
ASTM D3487-24 appears in the ASTM store with the status Historical and D3487-25 listed as the active version. Value: 2024. Source: ASTM D3487-24. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d3487.edition.2024
ASTM D3487-25 is the edition of the ASTM standard titled Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus that the ASTM store lists as active. Value: 2025. Source: ASTM D3487-25. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d3487.edition.2025
The specification covers new, unused petroleum-derived mineral insulating oil for cooling and insulating power and distribution equipment, defines Type I for normal oxidation resistance and Type II for greater oxidation resistance, and applies only to oil before processing. Source: ASTM D3487-25. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d3487.scope
The ASTM store lists ASTM D3487-25 with the status Standard Active. Value: Active. Source: ASTM D3487-25. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d3487.status
The publisher catalog gives the full title of ASTM D3487-25 as Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus. Value: Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus. Source: ASTM D3487-25. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d3487.title

Sources

ASTM D3487-16E01, Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus, 16E01 edition, ASTM International. Held as: Public page. Publisher page for ASTM D3487-16E01
ASTM D3487-24, Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus, 24 edition, ASTM International. Held as: Public page. Publisher page for ASTM D3487-24
ASTM D3487-25, Standard Specification for Mineral Insulating Liquid Used in Electrical Apparatus, 25 edition, ASTM International. Held as: Public page. Publisher page for ASTM D3487-25

Obtaining the documents

ASTM D3487-16E01: available from the publisher
ASTM D3487-24: available from the publisher
ASTM D3487-25: available from the publisher

Changelog (23 entries)

Date	Revision	Change
2026-10-27		hold lifted (std.astm-d3487.designation)
2026-10-27		hold lifted (std.astm-d3487.edition.2016)
2026-10-27		hold lifted (std.astm-d3487.edition.2024)
2026-10-27		hold lifted (std.astm-d3487.edition.2025)
2026-10-27		hold lifted (std.astm-d3487.scope)
2026-10-27		hold lifted (std.astm-d3487.status)
2026-10-27		hold lifted (std.astm-d3487.title)
2026-10-13		created (std.astm-d3487.designation)
2026-10-13		created (std.astm-d3487.edition.2016)
2026-10-13		reviewed (std.astm-d3487.edition.2016)
2026-10-13		edited (std.astm-d3487.edition.2016)
2026-10-13		created (std.astm-d3487.edition.2024)
2026-10-13		reviewed (std.astm-d3487.edition.2024)
2026-10-13		edited (std.astm-d3487.edition.2024)
2026-10-13		created (std.astm-d3487.edition.2025)
2026-10-13		reviewed (std.astm-d3487.edition.2025)
2026-10-13		edited (std.astm-d3487.edition.2025)
2026-10-13		created (std.astm-d3487.scope)
2026-10-13		reviewed (std.astm-d3487.scope)
2026-10-13		created (std.astm-d3487.status)
2026-10-13		reviewed (std.astm-d3487.status)
2026-10-13		created (std.astm-d3487.title)
2026-10-13		reviewed (std.astm-d3487.title)

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