‘ASTMD458887M075953000364553vJ4‘340@)Designation:D4588-87AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceSt.,Philadelphia,Pa.19103ReprintedfromtheAnnualBookofASTMStandards,CopyrightASTMifnotlistedInthecurrentcombinedindex,wil1appearinthenextedition.StandardGuideforAnalysisofp-Xylene‘ThisstandardisissuedunderthekeddesignationD4588;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicafestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(6)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1ThisguideisintendedtoaidintheselectionofsuitableASTMtestmethodsfordeterminingthechemicalorphysicalcharacteristicsoffinishedp-xylene.1.2Themethodscompiledinthisguidearegenerallyapplicablefortheanalysisofp-xyleneof98%orgreaterpurity.1.3Thisstandardmayinvolvehazardoirsmaterials,oper-ations,andequipment.Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyproblemsassociatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappropriatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.Foraspecifichazardstatement,seeSection4.2.ReferencedDocuments2,lASTMStandards:D86MethodforDistillationofPetroleumProducts’D847TestMethodforAcidityofBenzene,Toluene,Xylenes,SolventNaphthas,andSimilarIndustrialAro-maticHydrocarbons’D848TestMethodforAcidWashColorofIndustrialAromaticHydrocarbons’D850MethodforDistillationofIndustrialAromaticHydrocarbonsandRelatedMaterials’D1015TestMethodforFreezingPointofHigh-PurityHydrocarbons’D1016TestMethodforPurityofHydrocarbonsfromFreezingPoints’D1209TestMethodforColorofClearLiquids(Platinum-CobaltScale)’D1353TestMethodforNonvolatileMatterinVolatileSolventsforUseinPaint,Varnish,Lacquer,andRe-latedProducts’D1492TestMethodforBromineIndexofAromaticHydrocarbonsbyCoulometricTitration’D2360TestMethodforTraceImpuritiesinMonocyclicAromaticHydrocarbonsbyGasChromatography’D3437PracticeforSamplingandHandlingLiquidCyclicProd...
