Fuel Oil, ASTM D 396 Specification
Qualification Test Package for Distillate or Distillate/Residual Fuel Blends
Grades 4 Light and Grade 4

Test Description

Method

Recommended Tests:

Flash Point, Pensky-Martens Closed Cup

ASTM D 93

Water by Distillation, Petroleum Products

ASTM D 95

Sediment by Extraction

ASTM D 473

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 40 ° C, cSt

ASTM D 445.a

Ash Content of Petroleum Products

ASTM D 482

API Gravity of Petroleum Products, Hydrometer Method, (Density, Relative Density, Specific Gravity)

ASTM D 1298

Pour Point of Petroleum Oils

ASTM D 97

 

Additional Optional Tests:

Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen in Petroleum Products, Instrumental

ASTM D 5291.a

API Gravity, Hydrometer Method

ASTM D 287.a

Density and Relative Density of Liquids by Digital Density Meter

ASTM D 4052

Water and Sediment in Distillate Fuels, BS&W

ASTM D 2709

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 100 ° C, cSt

ASTM D 445.b

Microbial Contamination in Fuels and Fuel Systems

ASTM D 6469

Carbon Residue, Ramsbottom, on 10% Residue

ASTM D 524.b

Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure

ASTM D 86.b

Simulated Distillation, SimDis, Lower Temperature Range, 55 ° to 538°C, C 5 to C 44

ASTM D 2887.c

Simulated Distillation, SimDis, High Temperature Range, 360 ° to 750°C, C 10 to C 50

ASTM D 2887.d

Cloud Point

ASTM D 2500

Pour Point of Petroleum Products, Automatic Pressure Pulsing Method

ASTM D 5949

Pour Point of Petroleum Products, Automatic Tilt Method

ASTM D 5950

Pour Point of Petroleum Products, Rotational Method

ASTM D 5985

Pumpability of Industrial Fuel Oils

ASTM D 3245

Corrosion from Petroleum Products, Copper Strip Tarnish Test

ASTM D 130

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

ASTM D 4294

Sulfur, Bomb Method LOD = 0.1 wt%

ASTM D 129

Sulfur, High Temperature Method LOD = 0.06 wt%

ASTM D 1552

Sulfur, X-Ray Spectrometry LOD = 0.001 wt%

ASTM D 2622

Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Motor Fuels, and Oils, by U.V. Fluorescence

ASTM D 5453

Trace Metals by ICP/MS. Includes: Vanadium, Sodium, Potassium, Lithium, Lead, And Calcium, ppm.
LOD = 0.05 ppm

ASTM D 5673.b