ASTM D4806-07
(Specification)Standard Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel
Standard Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel
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1.1 This specification covers nominally anhydrous denatured fuel ethanol intended to be blended with unleaded or leaded gasolines at 1 to 10 volume % for use as a spark-ignition automotive engine fuel. The significance of this specification is shown in Appendix X1.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
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An American National Standard
Designation: D 4806 – 07
Standard Specification for
Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use
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as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4806; 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 4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and
Petroleum Products
1.1 This specification covers nominally anhydrous dena-
D 4177 Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and
tured fuel ethanol intended to be blended with unleaded or
Petroleum Products
leaded gasolines at 1 to 10 volume % for use as a spark-
D 4306 Practice for Aviation Fuel Sample Containers for
ignition automotive engine fuel. The significance of this
Tests Affected by Trace Contamination
specification is shown in Appendix X1.
D 4814 SpecificationforAutomotiveSpark-IgnitionEngine
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
Fuel
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information
D 5453 Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in
only.
Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel
2. Referenced Documents
Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence
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D 5501 Test Method for Determination of Ethanol Content
2.1 ASTM Standards:
of Denatured Fuel Ethanol by Gas Chromatography
D86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at
D 5580 Test Method for Determination of Benzene, Tolu-
Atmospheric Pressure
ene, Ethylbenzene, p/m-Xylene, o-Xylene, C and Heavier
D 381 Test Method for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet 9
Aromatics, and Total Aromatics in Finished Gasoline by
Evaporation
Gas Chromatography
D 512 Test Methods for Chloride Ion In Water
D 5854 Practice for Mixing and Handling of Liquid
D 891 Test Methods for Specific Gravity, Apparent, of
Samples of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
Liquid Industrial Chemicals
D 6423 Test Method for Determination of pHe of Ethanol,
D 1152 Specification for Methanol (Methyl Alcohol)
Denatured Fuel Ethanol, and Fuel Ethanol (Ed75-Ed85)
D 1193 Specification for Reagent Water
D 6428 Test Method for Total Sulfur in Liquid Aromatic
D 1613 Test Method for Acidity in Volatile Solvents and
Hydrocarbons and Their Derivatives by Oxidative Com-
Chemical Intermediates Used in Paint, Varnish, Lacquer,
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bustion and Electrochemical Detection
and Related Products
D 6550 Test Method for Determination of Olefin Content of
D 1688 Test Methods for Copper in Water
Gasolines by Supercritical-Fluid Chromatography
D 2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by
D 7318 Test Method for Total Inorganic Sulfate in Ethanol
Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
by Potentiometric Titration
D 3120 Test Method for Trace Quantities of Sulfur in Light
D 7319 Test Method for Determination of Total and Poten-
Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Microcou-
tial Sulfate and Inorganic Chloride in Fuel Ethanol by
lometry
Direct Injection Suppressed Ion Chromatography
D 3505 Test Method for Density or Relative Density of
D 7328 Test Method for Determination of Total and Poten-
Pure Liquid Chemicals
tial Inorganic Sulfate and Total Inorganic Chloride in Fuel
D 4052 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of
Ethanol by Ion Chromatography Using Aqueous Sample
Liquids by Digital Density Meter
Injection
E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
Determine Conformance with Specifications
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on
E 203 TestMethodforWaterUsingVolumetricKarlFischer
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
D02.A0.01 on Gasoline and Gasoline-Oxygenate Blends.
Titration
Current edition approved July 15, 2007. Published August 2007. Originally
E 300 Practice for Sampling Industrial Chemicals
approved in 1988. Last previous edition approved in 2006 as D 4806–06c.
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contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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D4806–07
E 1064 Test Method for Water in Organic Liquids by
Ethanol, volume %, min 92.1
Methanol, volume %, max 0.5
Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration
Solvent-washed gum, 5.0
2.2 Other Standards:
mg/100 mL, max
Water conten
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