ASTM D6352-03
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Boiling Range Distribution of Petroleum Distillates in Boiling Range from 174 to 700°C by Gas Chromatography
Standard Test Method for Boiling Range Distribution of Petroleum Distillates in Boiling Range from 174 to 700°C by Gas Chromatography
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the boiling range distribution of petroleum distillate fractions. The test method is applicable to petroleum distillate fractions having an initial boiling point greater than 174°C (345°F) and a final boiling point of less than 700°C (1292°F) (C10 to C90) at atmospheric pressure as measured by this test method.
1.2 The test method is not applicable for the analysis of petroleum or petroleum products containing low molecular weight components (for example naphthas, reformates, gasolines, crude oils). Materials containing heterogeneous components (for example alcohols, ethers, acids, or esters) or residue are not to be analyzed by this test method. See Test Methods D 3710, D 2887, or D 5307 for possible applicability to analysis of these types of materials.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. The values stated in inch-pound units are for information only and may be included as parenthetical values.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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An American National Standard
Designation: D 6352 – 03
Standard Test Method for
Boiling Range Distribution of Petroleum Distillates in
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Boiling Range from 174 to 700°C by Gas Chromatography
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 6352; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope* D 2887 Test Method for Boiling Range Distribution of
Petroleum Fractions by Gas Chromatography
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the boiling
D 2892 Test Method for Distillation of Crude Petroleum
range distribution of petroleum distillate fractions. The test
(15-Theoretical Plate Column)
method is applicable to petroleum distillate fractions having an
D 3710 Test Method for Boiling Range Distribution of
initial boiling point greater than 174°C (345°F) and a final
Gasoline and Gasoline Fractions by Gas Chromatography
boiling point of less than 700°C (1292°F) (C10 to C90) at
D 4626 Practice for Calculation of Gas Chromatographic
atmospheric pressure as measured by this test method.
Response Factors
1.2 The test method is not applicable for the analysis of
D 5307 Test Method for Determination of Boiling Range
petroleum or petroleum products containing low molecular
Distributions of Crude Petroleum by Gas Chromatography
weight components (for example naphthas, reformates, gaso-
E 355 Practice for Gas Chromatography Terms and Rela-
lines, crude oils). Materials containing heterogeneous compo-
tionships
nents (for example alcohols, ethers, acids, or esters) or residue
E 594 Practice for Testing Flame Ionization Detectors Used
are not to be analyzed by this test method. See Test Methods
in Gas or Supercritical Fluid Chromatography
D 3710, D 2887, or D 5307 for possible applicability to analy-
E 1510 Practice for Installing Fused Silica Open Tubular
sis of these types of materials.
Capillary Columns in Gas Chromatographs
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
standard. The values stated in inch-pound units are for infor-
3. Terminology
mation only and may be included as parenthetical values.
3.1 Definitions—This test method makes reference to many
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
common gas chromatographic procedures, terms, and relation-
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
ships. For definitions of these terms used in this test method,
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
refer to Practices E 355, E 594, and E 1510.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
3.2.1 area slice—the area resulting from the integration of
2. Referenced Documents the chromatographic detector signal within a specified reten-
2 tion time interval. In area slice mode (see 6.4.2), peak detection
2.1 ASTM Standards:
parameters are bypassed and the detector signal integral is
D 86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at
recorded as area slices of consecutive, fixed duration time
Atmospheric Pressure
intervals.
D 1160 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products
3.2.2 corrected area slice—an area slice corrected for base-
at Reduced Pressure
line offset by subtraction of the exactly corresponding area
slice in a previously recorded blank (non-sample) analysis.
3.2.3 cumulative corrected area—the accumulated sum of
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on
corrected area slices from the beginning of the analysis through
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
a given retention time, ignoring any non-sample area (for
D02.04 on Hydrocarbon Analysis.
example solvent).
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2003. Published November 2003. Originally
approved in 1998. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as D 6352–02.
3.2.4 final boiling point (FBP)—the temperature (corre-
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sponding to the retention time) at which a cumulative corrected
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
area count equal to 99.5 % of the total sample area under the
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. chromatogram is obtained.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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