ASTM D4806-08

Standard Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel

ABSTRACT
This specification covers nominally anhydrous denatured fuel ethanol intended for blending with unleaded or leaded gasolines for use as a spark-ignition automotive engine fuel. Denatured fuel ethanol shall conform to the specified performance requirements for the following: ethanol content, methanol, solvent-washed gum, water content, denaturant content, inorganic chloride content, copper content, acidity, pHe, sulfur content, sulfate content, appearance, and specific gravity. The only denaturants used for fuel ethanol shall be natural gasoline, gasoline components, or unleaded gasoline at the minimum concentration prescribed. Prohibited denaturants include methanol which does not meet the specified requirement, pyrroles, turpentine, ketones, and tars (high-molecular weight pyrolysis products of fossil or nonfossil vegetable matter). Sampling, containers, and sample handling techniques, and the test methods for determining conformance to the specified requirements are given.
SCOPE
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 standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.2.1 Exception—Federal regulations use the inch-pound units that appear in Note 2, 5.1, and X1.2.1.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Jun-2008
• ICS: 71.080.60 - Alcohols. Ethers
• ICS: 75.160.20 - Liquid fuels
• Technical Committee: D02 - Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants
• Drafting Committee: D02.A0.02 - Oxygenated Fuels and Components

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D4806-07a - Standard Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Replaced By: ASTM D4806-08a - Standard Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D7795-15(2022)e1 - Standard Test Method for Acidity in Ethanol and Ethanol Blends by Titration
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D7923-19 - Standard Test Method for Water in Ethanol and Hydrocarbon Blends by Karl Fischer Titration
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D5797-21 - Standard Specification for Methanol Fuel Blends (M51–M85) for Methanol-Capable Automotive Spark-Ignition Engines
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D7794-21 - Standard Practice for Blending Mid-Level Ethanol Fuel Blends for Flexible-Fuel Vehicles with Automotive Spark-Ignition Engines
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D8235-21 - Standard Specification for Ethyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (ETBE) for Blending with Gasolines for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D8181-19 - Standard Specification for Microemulsion Blendstock for Preparing Microemulsion Test Fuel Oils
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D7717-11(2021) - Standard Practice for Preparing Volumetric Blends of Denatured Fuel Ethanol and Gasoline Blendstocks for Laboratory Analysis
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D8076-21b - Standard Specification for 100 Research Octane Number Test Fuel for Automotive Spark-Ignition Engines
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D7757-22 - Standard Test Method for Silicon in Gasoline and Related Products by Monochromatic Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D7563-23 - Standard Test Method for Evaluation of the Ability of Engine Oil to Emulsify Water and Simulated Ed85 Fuel
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D4814-23 - Standard Specification for Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D1613-17(2023) - Standard Test Method for Acidity in Volatile Solvents and Chemical Intermediates Used in Paint, Varnish, Lacquer, and Related Products
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D5501-20 - Standard Test Method for Determination of Ethanol and Methanol Content in Fuels Containing Greater than 20 % Ethanol by Gas Chromatography
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
Designation: D 4806 – 08
Standard Specification for
Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use
1
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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope* D 4052 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of
Liquids by Digital Density Meter
1.1 This specification covers nominally anhydrous dena-
D 4057 Practice for Manual 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 4177 Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and
ignition automotive engine fuel. The significance of this
Petroleum Products
specification is shown in Appendix X1.
D 4306 Practice for Aviation Fuel Sample Containers for
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
Tests Affected by Trace Contamination
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
D 4814 SpecificationforAutomotiveSpark-IgnitionEngine
standard.
Fuel
1.2.1 Exception—Federal regulations use the inch-pound
D 5453 Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in
units that appear in Note 2, 5.1, and X1.2.1.
Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel
2. Referenced Documents
Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence
2
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 891 Test Methods for Specific Gravity, Apparent, of
D 5854 Practice for Mixing and Handling of Liquid
Liquid Industrial Chemicals
Samples of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
D 1152 Specification for Methanol (Methyl Alcohol)
D 6423 Test Method for Determination of pHe of Ethanol,
D 1613 Test Method for Acidity in Volatile Solvents and
Denatured Fuel Ethanol, and Fuel Ethanol (Ed75-Ed85)
Chemical Intermediates Used in Paint, Varnish, Lacquer,
D 6550 Test Method for Determination of Olefin Content of
and Related Products
Gasolines by Supercritical-Fluid Chromatography
D 1688 Test Methods for Copper in Water
D 7318 Test Method for Total Inorganic Sulfate in Ethanol
D 2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by
by Potentiometric Titration
Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
D 7319 Test Method for Determination of Total and Poten-
D 3120 Test Method for Trace Quantities of Sulfur in Light
tial Sulfate and Inorganic Chloride in Fuel Ethanol by
Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Microcou-
Direct Injection Suppressed Ion Chromatography
lometry
D 7328 Test Method for Determination of Total and Poten-
D 3505 Test Method for Density or Relative Density of
tial Inorganic Sulfate and Total Inorganic Chloride in Fuel
Pure Liquid Chemicals
Ethanol by Ion Chromatography Using Aqueous Sample
Injection
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on
E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
Determine Conformance with Specifications
D02.A0.01 on Gasoline and Gasoline-Oxygenate Blends.
E 203 TestMethodforWaterUsingVolumetricKarlFischer
Current edition approved July 1, 2008. Published August 2008. Originally
approved in 1988. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as D 4806–07a.
Titration
2
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contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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D4806–08
E 300 Practice for Sampling Industrial Chemicals
Ethanol, volume %, min 92.1
Methanol, volume %, max 0.5
E 1064 Test Method for Water in Organic Liquids by
Solvent-washed gum, 5.0
Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration
mg/100 mL, max
Water content, volume %, max 1.0 (Note 3)
2.2 Other Standards:
Denaturant content, volume %, min 1.96
United States Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Parts
volume %, max 5.0
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An American National Standard
Designation:D4806–07a Designation: D 4806 – 08
Standard Specification for
Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use
1
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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope*
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
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.2.1 Exception—Federal regulations use the inch-pound units that appear in Note 2, 5.1, and X1.2.1.
2. Referenced Documents
2
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure
D 381 Test Method for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet Evaporation
D 891 Test Methods for Specific Gravity, Apparent, of Liquid Industrial Chemicals
D 1152 Specification for Methanol (Methyl Alcohol)
D1193Specification for Reagent Water
D 1613 Test Method forAcidity in Volatile Solvents and Chemical Intermediates Used in Paint, Varnish, Lacquer, and Related
Products
D 1688 Test Methods for Copper in Water
D 2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
D 3120 Test Method for Trace Quantities of Sulfur in Light Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Microcoulometry
D 3505 Test Method for Density or Relative Density of Pure Liquid Chemicals
D 4052 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
D 4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
D 4177 Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
D 4306 Practice for Aviation Fuel Sample Containers for Tests Affected by Trace Contamination
D 4814 Specification for Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel
D 5453 Test Method for Determination ofTotal Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel,
and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence
D 5501 Test Method for Determination of Ethanol Content of Denatured Fuel Ethanol by Gas Chromatography
D 5580 Test Method for Determination of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, p/m-Xylene, o-Xylene, C and HeavierAromatics,
9
and Total Aromatics in Finished Gasoline by Gas Chromatography
D 5854 Practice for Mixing and Handling of Liquid Samples of Petroleum and Petroleum Products
D 6423 Test Method for Determination of pHe of Ethanol, Denatured Fuel Ethanol, and Fuel Ethanol (Ed75-Ed85)
D 6550 Test Method for Determination of Olefin Content of Gasolines by Supercritical-Fluid Chromatography
D 7318 Test Method for Total Inorganic Sulfate in Ethanol by Potentiometric Titration
D 7319 TestMethodforDeterminationofTotalandPotentialSulfateandInorganicChlorideinFuelEthanolbyDirectInjection
Suppressed Ion Chromatography
D 7328 Test Method for Determination of Total and Potential Inorganic Sulfate and Total Inorganic Chloride in Fuel Ethanol
by Ion Chromatography Using Aqueous Sample Injection
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D02.A0.01
on Gasoline and Gasoline-Oxygenate Blends.
Current edition approved Dec.July 1, 2007.2008. Published JanuaryAugust 2008. Originally approved in 1988. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as D 4806–07a.
2
For referencedASTM standards, visit theASTM website, www.astm.org, or contactASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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D4806–08
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
E 203 Test Method for Water Using Volumetric Karl Fischer Titration
E 300 Practice for Sampling Industrial Chemicals
E 1064 Test Method for Wat
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