ASTM D6352-98

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Designation: D 6352 – 98
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Standard Test Method for
Boiling Range Distribution of Petroleum Distillates in
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Boiling Range from 174 to 700°C by Gas Chromatography
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 6352; 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.
1. Scope Distributions of Crude Petroleum by Gas Chromatogra-
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phy
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the boiling
E 355 Practice for Gas Chromatographic Terms and Rela-
range distribution of petroleum distillate fractions. The test
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tionships
method is applicable to petroleum distillate fractions having an
E 594 Practice for Testing Flame Ionization Detectors Used
initial boiling point greater than 174°C (345°F) and a final
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in Gas Chromatography
boiling point of less than 700°C (1292°F) (C10 to C90) at
E 1510 Practice for Installing Fused Silica Open Tubular
atmospheric pressure as measured by this test method.
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Capillary Columns in Gas Chromatographs
1.2 The test method is not applicable for the analysis of
petroleum or petroleum products containing low molecular
3. Terminology
weight components (for example naphthas, reformates, gaso-
3.1 Definitions:
lines, crude oils). Materials containing heterogeneous compo-
3.1.1 This test method makes reference to many common
nents (for example alcohols, ethers, acids, or esters) or residue
gas chromatographic procedures, terms, and relationships. For
are not to be analyzed by this test method. See Test Method
definitions of these terms used in this test method, refer to
D 3710, D 2887, or D 5307 for possible applicability to analy-
Practices E 355, E 594, and E 1510.
sis of these types of materials.
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
3.2.1 area slice—the area resulting from the integration of
standard. The values stated in inch-pound units are for infor-
the chromatographic detector signal within a specified reten-
mation only and may be included as parenthetical values.
tion time interval. In area slice mode (see 6.4.2), peak detection
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
parameters are bypassed and the detector signal integral is
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
recorded as area slices of consecutive, fixed duration time
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
intervals.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
3.2.2 corrected area slice—an area slice corrected for base-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
line offset by subtraction of the exactly corresponding area
2. Referenced Documents slice in a previously recorded blank (non-sample) analysis.
3.2.3 cumulative corrected area—the accumulated sum of
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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corrected area slices from the beginning of the analysis through
D 86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products
a given retention time, ignoring any non-sample area (for
D 1160 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products
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example solvent).
at Reduced Pressure
3.2.4 initial boiling point (IBP)—the temperature (corre-
D 2887 Test Method for Boiling Range Distribution of
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sponding to the retention time) at which a cumulative corrected
Petroleum Fractions by Gas Chromatography
area count equal to 0.5 % of the total sample area under the
D 2892 Test Method for Distillation of Crude Petroleum
chromatogram is obtained.
(15-Theoretical Plate Column)
3.2.5 final boiling point (FBP)—the temperature (corre-
D 3710 Test Method for Boiling Range Distribution of
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sponding to the retention time) at which a cumulative corrected
Gasoline and Gasoline Fractions by Gas Chromatography
area count equal to 99.5 % of the total sample area under the
D 4626 Practice for Calculation of Gas Chromatographic
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chromatogram is obtained.
Response Factors
3.2.6 slice rate—the time interval used to integrate the
D 5307 Test Method for Determination of Boiling Range
continuous (analog) chromatographic detector response during
an analysis. The slice rate is expressed in Hz (for example
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-2 on
integrations or slices per second).
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
D02.04.OH on Hydrocarbon Analysis.
Current edition approved Dec. 10, 1998. Published March 1999.
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