Standard Specification for Fuel Oils

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1.1 This specification (Note 1) covers grades of fuel oil intended for use in various types of fuel-oil-burning equipment under various climatic and operating conditions. These grades are described as follows:
1.1.1 Grades 1, 1 Low Sulfur, 2, and 2 Low Sulfur are middle distillate fuels for use in domestic and small industrial burners. Grades 1 and 1 Low Sulfur are particularly adapted to vaporizing type burners or where storage conditions require low pour point fuel.
1.1.2 Grades 4 (Light) and 4 are heavy distillate fuels or distillate/residual fuel blends used in commercial/industrial burners equipped for this viscosity range.
1.1.3 Grades 5 (Light), 5 (Heavy), and 6 are residual fuels of increasing viscosity and boiling range, used in industrial burners. Preheating is usually required for handling and proper atomization.
Note 1—For information on the significance of the terminology and test methods used in this specification, see Appendix X1.
Note 2—A more detailed description of the grades of fuel oils is given in X1.3.
1.2 This specification is for the use of purchasing agencies in formulating specifications to be included in contracts for purchases of fuel oils and for the guidance of consumers of fuel oils in the selection of the grades most suitable for their needs.
1.3 Nothing in this specification shall preclude observance of federal, state, or local regulations which can be more restrictive.
1.4 All values are stated in SI units and are regarded as standard.
Note 3—The generation and dissipation of static electricity can create problems in the handling of distillate burner fuel oils. For more information on the subject, see Guide D 4865.

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An American National Standard
Designation: D 396 – 04
Standard Specification for
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Fuel Oils
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 396; 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* 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This specification (Note 1) covers grades of fuel oil 2.1 ASTM Standards:
intended for use in various types of fuel-oil-burning equipment D 56 Test Method for Flash Point byTag Closed CupTester
under various climatic and operating conditions. These grades D 86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at
are described as follows: Atmospheric Pressure
1.1.1 Grades 1, 1 Low Sulfur, 2, and 2 Low Sulfur are D 93 Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens
middle distillate fuels for use in domestic and small industrial Closed Cup Tester
burners. Grades 1 and 1 Low Sulfur are particularly adapted to D 95 Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and
vaporizing type burners or where storage conditions require Bituminous Materials by Distillation
low pour point fuel. D 97 Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products
1.1.2 Grades 4 (Light) and 4 are heavy distillate fuels or D 129 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Gen-
distillate/residual fuel blends used in commercial/industrial eral Bomb Method)
burners equipped for this viscosity range. D 130 Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from
1.1.3 Grades5(Light),5(Heavy),and6areresidualfuelsof Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test
increasing viscosity and boiling range, used in industrial D 445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent
burners. Preheating is usually required for handling and proper and Opaque Liquids (and the Calculation of Dynamic
atomization. Viscosity)
D 473 Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel
NOTE 1—For information on the significance of the terminology and
Oils by the Extraction Method
test methods used in this specification, see Appendix X1.
D 482 Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
NOTE 2—Amore detailed description of the grades of fuel oils is given
D 524 Test Method for Ramsbottom Carbon Residue of
in X1.3.
Petroleum Products
1.2 This specification is for the use of purchasing agencies
D 975 Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils
in formulating specifications to be included in contracts for
D 1266 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products
purchasesoffueloilsandfortheguidanceofconsumersoffuel
(Lamp Method)
oils in the selection of the grades most suitable for their needs.
D 1298 Test Method for Density, Relative Density (Specific
1.3 Nothing in this specification shall preclude observance
Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid
of federal, state, or local regulations which can be more
Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method
restrictive.
D 1552 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products
1.4 All values are stated in SI units and are regarded as
(High-Temperature Method)
standard.
D 2500 Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Products
NOTE 3—The generation and dissipation of static electricity can create
D 2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by
problems in the handling of distillate burner fuel oils. For more informa-
Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
tion on the subject, see Guide D 4865.
D 2709 Test Method for Water and Sediment in Middle
Distillate Fuels by Centrifuge
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
D02.E0 on Burner, Diesel, Non-Aviation Gas Turbine, and Marine Fuels.
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2004. Published November 2004. Originally
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
approved in 1934. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as D 396–02a.
the ASTM website.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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D396–04
D 2887 Test Method for Boiling Range Distribution of 5. Test Methods
Petroleum Fractions by Gas Chromatography
5.1 The requirements enumerated in this specification shall
D 3245 Test Method for Pumpability of Industrial Fuel Oils
be determined in accordance with the following ASTM test
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D 3828 TestMet
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