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ASTM D 396 Document Information:
Title
Standard Specification for Fuel Oils
ASTM International
Publication Date:
Jan 15, 2008
Scope:
This specification (see Note 1) covers grades of fuel oil
intended for use in various types of fuel-oil-burning equipment
under various climatic and operating conditions. These grades are
described as follows:
Grades No. 1 S5000, No. 1 S500, No. 2 S5000, and No. 2 S500 are
middle distillate fuels for use in domestic and small industrial
burners. Grades No. 1 S5000 and No. 1 S500 are particularly adapted
to vaporizing type burners or where storage conditions require low
pour point fuel.
Grades No. 4 (Light) and No. 4 are heavy distillate fuels or
middle distillate/residual fuel blends used in
commercial/industrial burners equipped for this viscosity
range.
Grades No. 5 (Light), No. 5 (Heavy), and No. 6 are residual
fuels of increasing viscosity and boiling range, used in industrial
burners. Preheating is usually required for handling and proper
atomization.
NOTE 1—For information on the significance of the terminology
and test methods used in this specification, see Appendix X1.
NOTE 2—A more detailed description of the grades of fuel oils is
given in X1.3.
This specification is for the use of purchasing agencies in
formulating specifications to be included in contracts for
purchases of fuel oils and for the guidance of consumers of fuel
oils in the selection of the grades most suitable for their
needs.
Nothing in this specification shall preclude observance of
federal, state, or local regulations which can be more
restrictive.
The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No
other units of measurement are included in this standard.
NOTE 3—The generation and dissipation of static electricity can
create problems in the handling of distillate burner fuel oils. For
more information on the subject, see Guide D 4865.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this
standard.
Keywords:
- burner fuels
- fuel oils
- furnace oils
- petroleum and petroleum products
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