Standard Guide for Calibration Requirements for Elemental Analysis of Petroleum Products and Lubricants

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
Crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, additives, biofuels, and lubricants are routinely analyzed for their elemental content such as chlorine, nitrogen, hydrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and various metals using a variety of analytical techniques. Some of these methods require little to no method calibration; some others require only simple one step calibration; while others require elaborate calibration routine before the product is analyzed for its elemental content.  
Fairly often it can be shown that the round robin results by a co-operator are all biased with respect to those from other laboratories. Presumably, the failure to follow good laboratory practices and instructions in the test methods can be a causal factor of such errors. A further consequence is an unnecessarily large reproducibility estimate or the data being dropped from the study as an outlier.
Another cause of such discrepancies could be different or inadequate calibration practice used in the laboratory. Most test methods spell out the calibration requirements but often do not quote the frequency required letting the laboratories use good laboratory practices for this task. Thus, uniform practice for instrument calibration would be beneficial in standardizing the test procedures and obtaining consistent results across the laboratories.
Committee D02 has already issued standard practices for uniform sample preparation (D7455), standard operating procedures for ICP-AES (D7260) and XRF (D7343) as well as standard quality assurance protocol (D6792). This guide should be considered as a continuing effort on behalf of this subcommittee to achieve standardized practices in all parts of an analytical sequence.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide covers different ways by which the test methods used for elemental analysis of petroleum product and lubricant samples are calibrated before the sample analysis.
1.2 Uniform practice for test method calibration is beneficial in standardizing the procedures, and obtaining consistent results across different laboratories.
1.3 This guide includes only the basic steps for generally encountered instrument types. Anything out of the ordinary may require special procedures. See individual test methods for instructions to handle such situations.
1.4 This guide is not a substitute for a thorough understanding of the actual test method to be used, caveats it contains, and additional instrument preparation that may be required.
1.5 The user should not expand the scope of the test methods to materials or concentrations outside the scope of the test methods being used.  
1.6 This guide should also be applicable to sample preparation of non-petroleum based bio-fuels for elemental analysis. Work is underway on these aspects in Subcommittee D02.03. As more information becomes available, it will be added to this standard.
1.7 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.8 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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Designation: D7578 – 10
Standard Guide for
Calibration Requirements for Elemental Analysis of
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Petroleum Products and Lubricants
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D7578; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D129 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Gen-
eral Bomb Method)
1.1 This guide covers different ways by which the test
D445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent
methods used for elemental analysis of petroleum product and
and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscos-
lubricant samples are calibrated before the sample analysis.
ity)
1.2 Uniform practice for test method calibration is benefi-
D482 Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
cial in standardizing the procedures, and obtaining consistent
D808 TestMethodforChlorineinNewandUsedPetroleum
results across different laboratories.
Products (Bomb Method)
1.3 This guide includes only the basic steps for generally
D874 Test Method for Sulfated Ash from Lubricating Oils
encountered instrument types. Anything out of the ordinary
and Additives
mayrequirespecialprocedures.Seeindividualtestmethodsfor
D892 Test Method for Foaming Characteristics of Lubricat-
instructions to handle such situations.
ing Oils
1.4 This guide is not a substitute for a thorough understand-
D1018 Test Method for Hydrogen In Petroleum Fractions
ingoftheactualtestmethodtobeused,caveatsitcontains,and
D1091 Test Methods for Phosphorus in Lubricating Oils
additional instrument preparation that may be required.
and Additives
1.5 The user should not expand the scope of the test
D1266 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products
methods to materials or concentrations outside the scope of the
(Lamp Method)
test methods being used.
D1318 TestMethodforSodiuminResidualFuelOil(Flame
1.6 This guide should also be applicable to sample prepa-
Photometric Method)
ration of non-petroleum based bio-fuels for elemental analysis.
D1548 Test Method for Vanadium in Navy Special Fuel
Work is underway on these aspects in Subcommittee D02.03.
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Oil
Asmoreinformationbecomesavailable,itwillbeaddedtothis
D1552 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products
standard.
(High-Temperature Method)
1.7 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
D1839 Test Method for Amyl Nitrate in Diesel Fuels
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
D2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by
standard.
Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
1.8 This standard does not purport to address all of the
D2784 Test Method for Sulfur in Liquefied Petroleum
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Gases (Oxy-Hydrogen Burner or Lamp)
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
D3120 Test Method for Trace Quantities of Sulfur in Light
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Microcou-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
lometry
2. Referenced Documents
D3228 Test Method for Total Nitrogen in Lubricating Oils
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and Fuel Oils by Modified Kjeldahl Method
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D3230 Test Method for Salts in Crude Oil (Electrometric
Method)
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum
D3231 Test Method for Phosphorus in Gasoline
Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D02.03 on
D3237 Test Method for Lead in Gasoline by Atomic Ab-
Elemental Analysis.
sorption Spectroscopy
Current edition approved Feb. 15, 2010. Published March 2010. DOI: 10.1520/
D7578-10.
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contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on Withdrawn. The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced
the ASTM website. on www.astm.org.
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D3246 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Gas by Oxida- D5453 Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in
tive Microcoulometry Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel
Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence
D3340 Test Method for Lithium and Sodium in Lubricating
Greases by Flame Photometer D5600 Test Method for Trace Metals in Petroleum Coke by
Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrom-
D3341 Test Method for Lead in Gasoline—Iodine
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