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           automotive diesel oil

 
 
 
 
 
 
[11/11/2008]
MEDCO October Newsletter - 2008
[2/21/2008]
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The present standard defines the characteristics of Diesel oil to be used as Automotive Fuel.

PROPERTY

LIMITS

METHOD

 
Flash point Pensky Martens, °C

Min 55

ASTM D-93

Water and sediment by centrifuge, % vol

Max 0.05

ASTM D-2709

Cold Filter Plugging point, °C

Max -5 (Nov-March inclusive)

Max 0 (April-Oct inclusive)

IP-309

Distillation temperature, at 760mm

Hg, recovered:

At 250 °C, vol %

At 350 °C, vol%

At 370 °C, vol%

 



Max 65

Min 85

Min 95

ASTM D-86

Kinematic Viscosity at 40 °C, cSt

Min 2.00

Max 4.50

ASTM D-445

Color

Orange

Visual

Ash % Mass

Max 0.01

ASTM D-482

Sulfur % Mass

Max 0.035

ASTM D-2622

Corrosion, copper strip (3 hrs at 50 °C)

Max 1

ASTM D-130

Cetane Number

Min 49

ASTM D-613 

Cetane Index

Min 46

ASTM D-976 or D-4737

Ramsbottom Carbon Residue (on 10% residuum), % wt

Max 0.3

ASTM D-524

Density at 15 °C, Kg/m3

820-860

ASTM D-4052

Oxidation stability, g/m3

Max 25

ASTM D-2274