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 – 02a
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
1.1 This specification (Note 1) covers grades of fuel oil 2.1 ASTM Standards:
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intended for use in various types of fuel-oil-burning equipment D 56 Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Tester
under various climatic and operating conditions. These grades D 86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at
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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
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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
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vaporizing type burners or where storage conditions require Bituminous Materials by Distillation
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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-
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distillate/residual fuel blends used in commercial/industrial eral Bomb Method)
burners equipped for this viscosity range. D 130 Test Method for Detection of Copper Corrosion from
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1.1.3 Grades 5 (Light), 5 (Heavy), and 6 are residual fuels of Petroleum Products by the Copper Strip Tarnish Test
increasing viscosity and boiling range, used in industrial D 445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent
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burners. Preheating is usually required for handling and proper and Opaque Liquids
atomization. D 473 Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel
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Oils by the Extraction Method
NOTE 1—For information on the significance of the terminology and
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D 482 Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
test methods used in this specification, see Appendix X1.
D 524 Test Method for Ramsbottom Carbon Residue of
NOTE 2—A more detailed description of the grades of fuel oils is given
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Petroleum Products
in X1.3.
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D 975 Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils
1.2 This specification is for the use of purchasing agencies
D 1266 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products
in formulating specifications to be included in contracts for
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(Lamp Method)
purchases of fuel oils and for the guidance of consumers of fuel
D 1298 Test Method for Density, Relative Density (Specific
oils in the selection of the grades most suitable for their needs.
Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid
1.3 Nothing in this specification shall preclude observance
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Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method
of federal, state, or local regulations which can be more
D 1552 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products
restrictive.
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(High-Temperature Method)
1.4 All values are stated in SI units and are regarded as
D 2500 Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Prod-
standard.
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ucts
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 Spectrom-
tion on the subject, see Guide D 4865.
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etry
D 2709 Test Method for Water and Sediment in Middle
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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
D02.E0.01 on Burner Fuels.
Current edition approved Nov. 10, 2002. Published November 2002. Originally
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published as D 396–34T. Last previous edition D 396–02. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.01.
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D 396 – 02a
D 3245 Test Method for Pumpability of Industrial Fuel 5. Test Methods
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Oils
5.1 The requirements enumerated in this specification shall
D 3828 Test Methods for Flash Point by Small Scale Closed be determined in accordance with the following ASTM test
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Tester methods, except as may be required under 5.1.1.
5.1.1 Flash Point—Test Method D 93 (Procedure A) for
D 4052 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of
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Grades No. 1, No. 1 Low Sulfur, No. 2, No. 2 Low Sulfur, and
Liquids by Digital Density Meter
No. 4 (Light), and Test Method D 93 (Procedure B) for Grades
D 4057 Practice
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