ASTM_D_396_-_15c.pdf

Designation:D39615cStandard Specification forFuel Oils1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D396;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S.Department of Defense.1.Scope*1.1 This specification(see Note 1)covers grades of fuel oilintended for use in various types of fuel-oil-burning equipmentunder various climatic and operating conditions.These gradesare described as follows:1.1.1 Grades No.1 S5000,No.1 S500,No.2 S5000,andNo.2 S500 are middle distillate fuels for use in domestic andsmall industrial burners.Grades No.1 S5000 and No.1 S500are particularly adapted to vaporizing type burners or wherestorage conditions require low pour point fuel.1.1.2 Grades B6B20 S500 and B6B20 S5000 are middledistillate fuel/biodiesel blends for use in domestic and smallindustrial burners.1.1.3 Grades No.4(Light)and No.4 are heavy distillatefuels or middle distillate/residual fuel blends used incommercial/industrial burners equipped for this viscosityrange.1.1.4 Grades No.5(Light),No.5(Heavy),and No.6 areresidual fuels of increasing viscosity and boiling range,used inindustrial burners.Preheating is usually required for handlingand proper atomization.NOTE1For information on the significance of the terminology andtest methods used in this specification,see Appendix X1.NOTE2A more detailed description of the grades of fuel oils is givenin X1.3.1.2 This specification is for the use of purchasing agenciesin formulating specifications to be included in contracts forpurchases of fuel oils and for the guidance of consumers of fueloils in the selection of the grades most suitable for their needs.1.3 Nothing in this specification shall preclude observanceof federal,state,or local regulations which can be morerestrictive.1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded asstandard.No other units of measurement are included in thisstandard.NOTE3The generation and dissipation of static electricity can createproblems in the handling of distillate burner fuel oils.For more informa-tion on the subject,see Guide D4865.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D56 Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Cup TesterD86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products atAtmospheric PressureD93 Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-MartensClosed Cup TesterD95 Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products andBituminous Materials by DistillationD97 Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum ProductsD129 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products(Gen-eral High Pressure Decomposition Device Method)D130 Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petro-leum Products by Copper Strip TestD445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparentand Opaque Liquids(and Calculation of Dynamic Viscos-ity)D473 Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oilsby the Extraction MethodD482 Test Method for Ash from Petroleum ProductsD524 Test Method for Ramsbottom Carbon Residue ofPetroleum ProductsD664 Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Productsby Potentiometric TitrationD975 Specification for Diesel Fuel OilsD1266 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products(LampMethod)D1298 Test Method for Density,Relative Density,or APIGravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Prod-ucts by Hydrometer MethodD1552 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products byHigh Temperature Combustion and IR DetectionD2500 Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum ProductsD2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 onPetroleum Products,Liquid Fuels,and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility ofSubcommittee D02.E0 on Burner,Diesel,Non-Aviation Gas Turbine,and MarineFuels.Current edition approved Oct.1,2015.Published November 2015.Originallyapproved in 1934.Last previous edition approved in 2015 as D396 15b.DOI:10.1520/D0396-15C.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence SpectrometryD2709 Test Method for Water and Sediment in MiddleDistillate Fuels by CentrifugeD2887 Test Method for Boiling Range Distribution of Pe-troleum Fractions by Gas ChromatographyD3828 Test Methods for Flash Point by Small Scale ClosedCup TesterD4052 Test Method for Density,Relative Density,and APIGravity of Liquids by Digital Density MeterD4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum andPetroleum Pro