Designation:D3602-90aAMERICANSOCIWFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceStPhiladelphla,Pa19103ReprintedfromtheAnnualBookofASTMStandards.CopyrightASTMIfnotlistedinthecurrentcombinedIndex,willappearinthenextedition.AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardFieldTestMethodforWater-SeparationCharacteristicsofAviationTurbineFuels‘ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3602;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor.inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodprovidesarapidportablemeansforfieldandlaboratoryusetoratetheabilityofaviationturbinefuelstoreleaseentrainedoremulsifiedwaterwhenpassedthroughfiberglasscoalescingmaterial.Itisintendedtomeasurethewaterseparationcharacteristicsoffuelasproduced,afterithasbeenblendedwithadditivesordeliveredtothepointofuse.1.2ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesgiveninparenthesesareforinforma-tiononly.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyproblems,sfany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse..Forspecifichazardstatements,see6.2.3,7.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,8.3,9.1,10.4,10.12,A1.2.3,A1.2.5,A2.4.4,andAnnexA4.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:D1655SpecificationforAviationTurbineFuels2D2550TestMethodforWaterSeparationCharacteristicsofAviationTurbineFuels3D3948TestMethodsforDeterminingWater-SeparationCharacteristicsofAviationTurbineFuelsbyPortableSeparometeeD4306PracticeforAviationFuelSampleContainersforTestsAffectedbyTraceContamination43.Terminology3.1DescriptionofTermSpecijictoThisStandard:3.1.1minisonicseparometersu$actants(MSS)-anu-mericalratingindicatingtheeaseofseparatingemulsifiedwaterfromfuelbycoalescenceasaffectedbythepresenceofsurfactants.4.SummaryofTestMethod4.1Thefuelsampleisemulsifie...
