ASTM D2386-06
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels
Standard Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
The freezing point of an aviation fuel is the lowest temperature at which the fuel remains free of solid hydrocarbon crystals that can restrict the flow of fuel through filters if present in the fuel system of the aircraft. The temperature of the fuel in the aircraft tank normally falls during flight depending on aircraft speed, altitude, and flight duration. The freezing point of the fuel must always be lower than the minimum operational tank temperature.
Freezing point is a requirement in Specifications D 910 and D 1655.
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the temperature below which solid hydrocarbon crystals may form in aviation turbine fuels and aviation gasoline. Note 1The interlaboratory program that generated the precisions for this test method did not include aviation gasoline.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
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. For specific warning statements, see 5.4, Section 6, and 8.2.
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Designation:D2386–06
Standard Test Method for
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Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D2386; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
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1. Scope* IP Standards for Petroleum and Its Products, Part 1
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the tem-
3. Terminology
perature below which solid hydrocarbon crystals may form in
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
aviation turbine fuels and aviation gasoline.
3.1.1 freezing point, n—in aviation fuels, the fuel tempera-
NOTE 1—The interlaboratory program that generated the precisions for
ture at which solid hydrocarbon crystals, formed on cooling,
this test method did not include aviation gasoline.
disappear when the temperature of the fuel is allowed to rise
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
under specified conditions of test.
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
4. Significance and Use
standard.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
4.1 The freezing point of an aviation fuel is the lowest
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the temperature at which the fuel remains free of solid hydrocar-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
bon crystals that can restrict the flow of fuel through filters if
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- presentinthefuelsystemoftheaircraft.Thetemperatureofthe
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific
fuel in the aircraft tank normally falls during flight depending
warning statements, see 5.4, Section 6, and 8.2. on aircraft speed, altitude, and flight duration. The freezing
point of the fuel must always be lower than the minimum
2. Referenced Documents
operational tank temperature.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.2 Freezing point is a requirement in Specifications D910
D910 Specification for Aviation Gasolines
and D1655.
D1655 Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels
5. Apparatus
D3117 Test Method for WaxAppearance Point of Distillate
Fuels
5.1 Jacketed Sample Tube—A double-walled, unsilvered
D4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and vessel, similar to a Dewar flask, the space between the inner
Petroleum Products
and outer tube walls being filled at atmospheric pressure with
D4177 Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and dry nitrogen or air. The mouth of the sample tube shall be
Petroleum Products
closed with a stopper supporting the thermometer and
E1 Specification for ASTM Liquid-in-Glass Thermometers moisture-proof collar through which the stirrer passes (Fig. 1).
E77 Test Method for Inspection and Verification of Ther-
5.2 Collars—Moisture-proof collars as shown in Fig. 2
mometers shall be used to prevent condensation of moisture.
2.2 Energy Institute Standard:
5.3 Stirrer—Shall be made of 1.6-mm brass rod bent into a
smooth three-loop spiral at the bottom.
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on NOTE 2—The stirrer may be mechanically actuated as described in the
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
apparatus section of Test Method D3117.
D02.07 on Flow Properties.
5.4 Vacuum Flask—An unsilvered vacuum flask
Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2006. Published February 2006. Originally
approved in 1965. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as D2386–05. (Warning—Implosion hazard) having the minimum dimen-
This test method has been approved by the sponsoring committees and accepted
sionsshowninFig.1shallbeusedtoholdanadequatevolume
by the Cooperating Societies in accordance with established procedures. DOI:
10.1520/D2386-06.
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D2386–06
FIG. 1 Freezing Point Apparatus
of cooling liquid and permit the necessary depth of immersion 6.5 Carbon Dioxide (Solid) or Dry Ice—A commercial
of the jacketed sample tube. grade of dry ice is suitable for use in the cooling bath.
5.5 Thermometer—A total immersion type,
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