Marine Fuels, Class F, ISO 8217 Specification
Qualification Test Package for Marine Distillate Fuels
Grades DMX and DMA

Test Description

Method

Required Tests:

Visual Inspection, Procedure B

ASTM D 4176.b

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

ASTM D 1298

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 40°C, cSt

ASTM D 445.a

Flash Point, Pensky-Martens Closed Cup

ASTM D 93

Pour Point of Petroleum Oils

ASTM D 97

Cloud Point of Petroleum Products

ASTM D 2500

Carbon Residue, Ramsbottom on 10% Residue

ASTM D 524.b

Ash Content of Petroleum Products

ASTM D 482

Water by Distillation, Petroleum Products

ASTM D 95

Sediment by Extraction

ASTM D 473

Cetane Number, Ignition Quality of Diesel Fuels

ASTM D 613

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

ASTM D 4294

 

Additional Optional Tests:

Water and Sediment in Distillate Fuels, BS&W

ASTM D 2709

Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure

ASTM D 86.b

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

ASTM D 130

API Gravity, Hydrometer Method

ASTM D 287.a

Cetane Index, Calculated from Distillation and API Gravity

ASTM D 976

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

ASTM D 6078.b

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

ASTM D 6079