Designation:D7398−11(Reapproved2016)StandardTestMethodforBoilingRangeDistributionofFattyAcidMethylEsters(FAME)intheBoilingRangefrom100°Cto615°CbyGasChromatography1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7398;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationoftheboilingrangedistributionoffattyacidmethylesters(FAME).ThistestmethodisapplicabletoFAMES(biodiesel,B100)havinganinitialboilingpointgreaterthan100°Candafinalboilingpointlessthan615°Catatmosphericpressureasmeasuredbythistestmethod.1.2Thetestmethodcanalsobeapplicabletoblendsofdieselandbiodiesel(B1throughB100),howeverprecisionforthesesamplestypeshasnotbeenevaluated.1.3Thetestmethodisnotapplicableforanalysisofpetroleumcontaininglowmolecularweightcomponents(forexamplenaphthas,reformates,gasolines,crudeoils).1.4BoilingrangedistributionsobtainedbythistestmethodarenotequivalenttoresultsfromlowefficiencydistillationsuchasthoseobtainedwithTestMethodD86orD1160,especiallytheinitialandfinalboilingpoints.1.5Thistestmethodusestheprinciplesofsimulateddistil-lationmethodology.SeeTestMethodsD2887,D6352,andD7213.1.6ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinformationonly.1.7Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D86TestMethodforDistillationofPetroleumProductsandLiquidFuelsatAtmosphericPressureD1160TestMethodforDistillationofPetroleumProductsatReducedPressureD2887TestMethodforBoilingRangeDistributionofPe-troleumFractionsbyGasChromatographyD2892TestMethodforDistillationofCrudePetroleum(15-Theor...
