Test Description

Method

Required Tests:

Flash Point, Pensky-Martens Closed Cup

ASTM D 93

Water and Sediment in Distillate Fuels, BS&W

ASTM D 2709

Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure

ASTM D 86.b

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 40°C, cSt

ASTM D 445.a

Ash Content of Petroleum Products

ASTM D 482

Sulfur by X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy. LOD = 0.01 wt%

ASTM D 4294

Corrosion from Petroleum Products, Copper Strip Tarnish Test, 2 hours @ 100°C

ASTM D 130

Cetane Number, Ignition Quality of Diesel Fuels

ASTM D 613

API Gravity, Hydrometer Method

ASTM D 287.a

Cetane Index, Calculated from Distillation and API Gravity

ASTM D 976

Cloud Point of Petroleum Products

ASTM D 2500

Carbon Residue, Ramsbottom on 10% Residue

ASTM D 524.b

Lubricity of Diesel Fuels by the High Frequency Reciprocating Rig (HFRR)

ASTM D 6079

Additional Optional Tests:

Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petroleum Products by Fluorescent Indicator Absorption, Aromaticity (may be substituted for Cetane Index, ASTM D 976)

ASTM D 1319

Cetane Index, Calculated by Four Variable Equation (may be substituted for Cetane Number when ASTM D 613 is not available).

ASTM D 4737

Pour Point of Petroleum Oils

ASTM D 97

Lubricity of Diesel Fuels by the Scuffing Load Ball-on-Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator, (SLBOCLE), Procedure A: Incremental Load

ASTM D 6078.a

Lubricity of Diesel Fuels by the Scuffing Load Ball-on-Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator, (SLBOCLE). Procedure B: Single-Load Test

ASTM D 6078.b