Designation:D7829−13´1ManualofPetroleumMeasurementStandards(MPMS),TechnicalReport2573StandardGuideforSedimentandWaterDeterminationinCrudeOil1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7829;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—APIinformationwasaddededitoriallyinSeptember2013.1.Scope1.1ThisguidecoversasummaryofthewaterandsedimentdeterminationmethodsfromtheAPIMPMSChapter10forcrudeoils.Thepurposeofthisguideistoprovideaquickreferencetothesemethodologiessuchthatthereadercanmaketheappropriatedecisionregardingwhichmethodtousebasedontheassociatedbenefits,uses,drawbacksandlimitations.1.2ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D473TestMethodforSedimentinCrudeOilsandFuelOilsbytheExtractionMethod(APIMPMSChapter10.1)D4006TestMethodforWaterinCrudeOilbyDistillation(APIMPMSChapter10.2)D4007TestMethodforWaterandSedimentinCrudeOilbytheCentrifugeMethod(LaboratoryProcedure)(APIMPMSChapter10.3)D4057PracticeforManualSamplingofPetroleumandPetroleumProducts(APIMPMSChapter8.1)D4177PracticeforAutomaticSamplingofPetroleumandPetroleumProducts(APIMPMSChapter8.2)D4377TestMethodforWaterinCrudeOilsbyPotentiomet-ricKarlFischerTitrationD4807TestMethodforSedimentinCrudeOilbyMem-braneFiltrationD4928TestMethodforWaterinCrudeOilsbyCoulometricKarlFischerTitrationD5854PracticeforMixingandHandlingofLiquidSamplesofPetroleumandPetroleumProducts(APIMPMSChap-ter8.3)2.2APIStandards:3APIMPMSChapter8.1StandardPracticeforManualSam-plingofPetroleuma...