ASTM D1500-03
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)
Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the visual determination of the color of a wide variety of petroleum products such as lubricating oils, heating oils, diesel fuel oils, and petroleum waxes.
Note 1—Test Method D 156 is applicable to refined products that have an ASTM color lighter than 0.5. IP Method 17 includes a procedure for measuring the color of undyed, refined products such as gasoline, white spirit, and kerosine by comparison with a series of IP Standard glasses. It also includes a procedure by which petroleum products, except black oils and bitumens, may be measured for tint and depth of color in terms of Lovibond units by a series of red, yellow, and blue glasses.
1.2 This test method reports results specific to the test method and recorded as "ASTM Color."
1.3 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 1500 – 03
Designation: 196/97
Standard Test Method for
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ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 1500; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope* Waxes, Including Petrolatum
D 2500 Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Products
1.1 This test method covers the visual determination of the
D 4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and
color of a wide variety of petroleum products such as lubricat-
Petroleum Products
ing oils, heating oils, diesel fuel oils, and petroleum waxes.
2.2 IP Standard:
NOTE 1—Test Method D 156 is applicable to refined products that have 4
IP 17 Color by the Lovibond Tintometer
an ASTM color lighter than 0.5. IP Method 17 includes a procedure for
measuring the color of undyed, refined products such as gasoline, white
3. Summary of Test Method
spirit, and kerosine by comparison with a series of IP Standard glasses. It
3.1 Using a standard light source, a liquid sample is placed
also includes a procedure by which petroleum products, except black oils
in the test container and compared with colored glass disks
and bitumens, may be measured for tint and depth of color in terms of
Lovibond units by a series of red, yellow, and blue glasses. ranging in value from 0.5 to 8.0. When an exact match is not
found and the sample color falls between two standard colors,
1.2 This test method reports results specific to the test
the higher of the two colors is reported.
method and recorded as “ASTM Color.”
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
4. Significance and Use
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
4.1 Determination of the color of petroleum products is used
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
mainly for manufacturing control purposes and is an important
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
quality characteristic since color is readily observed by the user
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
of the product. In some cases the color may serve as an
2. Referenced Documents indication of the degree of refinement of the material. When the
2 color range of a particular product is known, a variation outside
2.1 ASTM Standards:
the established range may indicate possible contamination with
D 155 Test Method for Color of Lubricating Oil and Petro-
3 another product. However, color is not always a reliable guide
latum by Means of ASTM Union Colorimeter
to product quality and should not be used indiscriminately in
D 156 Test Method for Saybolt Color of Petroleum Prod-
product specifications.
ucts (Saybolt Chromometer Method)
D 938 Test Method for Congealing Point of Petroleum
5. Apparatus
5.1 Colorimeter, consisting of light source, glass color
1 standards, sample container housing with cover, and viewing
This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on
piece as listed in Annex A1.
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
D02.05 on Properties of Fuels, Petroleum Coke and Carbon Material.
5.2 Sample Container—For referee work, use the glass
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2003. Published November 2003. Originally
sample jar as shown in Fig. 1. For routine tests, it is permissible
approved in 1957. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as D 1500–02.
to use a cylindrical, clear glass jar with a flat bottom of 30 to
This is also a standard of the Institute of Petroleum issued under the fixed
designation IP 196. The final number indicates the year of last revision. This test 32.4 mm internal diameter and 115 to 125 mm in external
method was adopted as a joint ASTM-IP standard in 1966. In the IP, this test method
height and a wall thickness no greater than 1.6 mm as specified
is under the jurisdiction of the Standardization Committee.
in Test Method D 2500, or an ordinary 125-mL oil sample
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Withdrawn. See 1958 Book of ASTM Standards, Part 7; see also the compilation “Methods for Analysis and Testing,” available from Institute of Petroleum (IP),
of “ASTM Standards on Petroleum Products and Lubricants,” October 1959, p. 91. 61 New Cavendish St., London,
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