Test Description

Method

Required Tests:

Flash Point, Pensky–Martens Closed Cup, °F

ASTM D 93

Water and Sediment in Distillate Fuels, BS&W, vol%

ASTM D 2709

Sulfur, X-Ray Spectrometry. LOD = 0.001 wt%

ASTM D 2622

Heat of Combustion, of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel by Bomb Calorimeter. Includes Higher and Lower Heating Values, HHV and LHV, Btu/lb

ASTM D 4809

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 40°C, cSt

ASTM D 445.a

Ash Content of Petroleum Products

ASTM D 482

Carbon Residue, Ramsbottom on 10% Residue

ASTM D 524.b

Hydrogen in Petroleum Fractions

ASTM D 1018

Emulsion Characteristics of Lubricating Oils (Water Separability)

ASTM D 1401

Particulate Contamination in Aviation Fuels by Laboratory Filtration

ASTM D 5452

Corrosion from Petroleum Products, Copper Strip Tarnish Test

ASTM D 130

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

ASTM D 3605.b

Particle Size and Distribution by Automated Optical Laser Particle Analyzer with Customer Designated Size Partition Limits

TOL 5052

Additional Optional Tests:

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 50°C, cSt

ASTM D 445.c

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 100°C, cSt

ASTM D 445.b

API Gravity of Petroleum Products, Hydrometer Method (Density, Relative Density, Specific Gravity), 60 °F

ASTM D 1298

Water Content by Karl Fischer Method, ppm

ASTM E 203

Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen in Petroleum Products, Instrumental

ASTM D 5291.a

Pour Point of Petroleum Oils

ASTM D 97

Distillation of Petroleum Products

ASTM D 86.b

Wax Content in Oil (Paraffin Wax)

UOP 46

Cetane Number, Ignition Quality of Diesel Fuels

ASTM D 613

Cetane Index, Calculated. Includes API Gravity and Distillation

ASTM D 976

Metals by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, GFAAS. Includes: Vanadium, Sodium, Potassium, Lithium, Lead, and Calcium. LOD = 0.01 ppm

ASTM E 1184