Fuel Oil, ASTM D 396 Specification
Qualification Test Package Residual Fuels
Grades 5, Grade 5 Light, and Grade 6

Test Description

Method

Recommended Tests:

Flash Point, Pensky-Martens Closed Cup

ASTM D 93

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

Water by Distillation, Petroleum Products

ASTM D 95

Sediment by Extraction

ASTM D 473

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 100 ° C, cSt

ASTM D 445.b

Microbial Contamination in Fuels and Fuel Systems

ASTM D 6469

Simulated Distillation, SimDis, High Temperature Range, 360 to 750 ° C, C10 to C50

ASTM D 2887.d

Pumpability of Industrial Fuel Oils

ASTM D 3245

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

ASTM D 4294

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

ASTM D 5673.b