ASTM D2962-97

Standard Test Method for Calculating Volume-Temperature Correction For Coal-Tar Pitches

SCOPE
1.1 This method covers calculation of the amount of expansion or contraction of a volume of liquid coal-tar pitch due to a change of temperature.  
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Dec-1996
• Technical Committee: D02 - Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM D2962-97(2002) - Standard Test Method for Calculating Volume-Temperature Correction For Coal-Tar Pitches
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-1997
• Referred By: ASTM D4892-14(2019)e1 - Standard Test Method for Density of Solid Pitch (Helium Pycnometer Method)
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-1997

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
Designation: D 2962 – 97
Standard Test Method for
Calculating Volume-Temperature Correction For Coal-Tar
Pitches
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 2962; 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.
TABLE 1 Expansion Coefficient Versus Relative Density
1. Scope
Expansion Coefficient
Relative Density at
1.1 This test method covers calculation of the amount of
60/60°F (15.6/15.6°C)
per °F per °C
expansion or contraction of a volume of liquid coal-tar pitch
−6 −6
due to a change of temperature. 1.160 3453 10 6203 10
1.170 340 610
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
1.180 330 600
as the standard.
1.190 325 590
1.200 320 580
2. Referenced Documents
1.210 315 570
1.220 310 565
2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.230 305 555
D 70 Test Method for Density of Semi-Solid Bituminous
1.240 300 545
1.250 295 535
Materials Pyscnometer
1.260 290 525
D 71 Test Method for Relative Density of Solid Pitch and
1.270 285 520
Asphalt (Displacement Method) 1.280 280 510
1.290 275 500
1.300 270 490
3. Summary of Test Method
1.310 265 480
3.1 Different pitches expand or contract at different rates 1.320 260 470
1.330 255 460
which vary in relation to the relative density of the material.
1.340 250 450
The corresponding values are listed in Table 1.
4. Significance and Use
5.4 To the product of 5.3 add 1.000. The result is expansion
4.1 Coal tar pitch is shipped or stored, or both, at various
factor A.
temperatures, consequently a means is required to correct
5.5 If the temperature of the material as measured is above
volume to a specified temperature.
the standard temperature, divide the measured volume by
factor A (5.4). If the temperature of the material as measured is
5. Procedure
below the standard temperature, multiply the measured volume
5.1 Determine the relative density of the pitch at 60/60°F
by factor A (5.4).
(15.6/15.6°C) in accordance with Test Methods D 70 or D 71,
5.6 Example—A tank of pitch contains 95,000 gal at 350°F
whichever is most suitable.
(177°C). Calculate the volume at 60°F (15.6°C) as follows:
5.2 Find the coefficient of expansion per degree Celsius or
The relative density 60/60°F (15.6/15.6°C) according to Test
Fahrenheit for the particular materi
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