Test Description

Method

Recommended Tests:

Flash Point, Pensky-Martens Closed Cup

ASTM D 93

Water and Sediment in Distillate Fuels, BS&W

ASTM D 2709

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 40°C, cSt

ASTM D 445.a

Carbon Residue, Ramsbottom on 10% Residue

ASTM D 524.b

Ash Content of Petroleum Products

ASTM D 482

Optional Tests for Contaminants:

Water Content by Karl Fisher Method

ASTM E 203

Chloride, Inorganic, in Water and Wastewater

ASTM D 512

Corrosion from Petroleum Products, Copper Strip Tarnish Test

ASTM D 130

Microbial Contamination in Fuels and Fuel Systems

ASTM D 6469

Particulate Contamination in Aviation Fuels by Laboratory Filtration

ASTM D 5452

Particulate Contamination in Middle Distillate Fuels by Filtration

ASTM D 6217

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

ASTM D 4294

Trace Metals in Gas Turbine Fuels by Flame Atomic Absorption and FlameEmission Spectroscopy. Includes: Vanadium, Sodium, Potassium, Lithium, Lead, Calcium, ppm LOD = 0.05 ppm

ASTM D 3605.a

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

ASTM D 5673.b

Metals and Contaminants in Gas Turbine and Diesel Engine Fuel by Rotating Disc Electrode Atomic Emission Spectrometry

ASTM D 6728