ASTM D5453-08b

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An American National Standard
Designation:D5453–08b
Standard Test Method for
Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark
Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by
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Ultraviolet Fluorescence
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5453; 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* 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This test method covers the determination of total sulfur 2.1 ASTM Standards:
in liquid hydrocarbons, boiling in the range from approxi- D 1298 Test Method for Density, Relative Density (Specific
mately 25 to 400°C, with viscosities between approximately Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid
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0.2 and 20 cSt (mm /S) at room temperature. Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method
1.2 Three separate interlaboratory studies (ILS) on preci- D 4052 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of
sion, and three other investigations that resulted in an ASTM Liquids by Digital Density Meter
research report, have determined that this test method is D 4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and
applicable to naphthas, distillates, engine oil, ethanol, Fatty Petroleum Products
Acid Methyl Ester (FAME), and engine fuel such as gasoline, D 4177 Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and
oxygen enriched gasoline (ethanol blends, E-85, M-85, RFG), Petroleum Products
diesel, biodiesel, diesel/biodiesel blends, and jet fuel. Samples D 6299 Practice for Applying Statistical Quality Assurance
containing 1.0 to 8000 mg/kg total sulfur can be analyzed and Control Charting Techniques to Evaluate Analytical
(Note 1). Measurement System Performance
NOTE 1—Estimatesofthepooledlimitofquantification(PLOQ)forthe
3. Summary of Test Method
precisionstudieswerecalculated.Valuesrangedbetweenlessthan1.0and
3.1 A hydrocarbon sample is either directly injected or
less than 5.0 mg/kg (see Section 8 and 15.1).
placedinasampleboat.Thesampleorboat,orboth,isinserted
1.3 This test method is applicable for total sulfur determi-
into a high temperature combustion tube where the sulfur is
nation in liquid hydrocarbons containing less than 0.35 %
oxidized to sulfur dioxide (SO ) in an oxygen rich atmosphere.
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(m/m) halogen(s).
Water produced during the sample combustion is removed and
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
the sample combustion gases are next exposed to ultraviolet
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
(UV) light. The SO absorbs the energy from the UV light and
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standard.
is converted to excited sulfur dioxide (SO *).The fluorescence
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1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
emitted from the excited SO * as it returns to a stable state,
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safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
SO , is detected by a photomultiplier tube and the resulting
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responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
signal is a measure of the sulfur contained in the sample.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
(Warning—Exposure to excessive quantities of ultraviolet
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. For warning
(UV) light is injurious to health. The operator must avoid
statements, see 3.1, 6.3, 6.4, Section 7, and 8.1.
exposing any part of their person, especially their eyes, not
only to direct UV light but also to secondary or scattered
radiation that is present.)
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on
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Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
D02.03 on Elemental Analysis. contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Current edition approved July 1, 2008. Published August 2008. Originally Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
approved in 1993. Last previous edition approved in 2008 as D 5453–08a. the ASTM website.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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D5453–08b
FIG. 1 Conventional Combustion Tubes
4. Significance and Use 5.4 Drier Tube—The apparatus must be equipped with a
mechanism for the removal of water vapor. The oxidation
4.1 Some process catalysts used in petroleum and chemical
reaction produces water vapor which must be eliminated prior
refining can be poisoned when trace amounts of sulfur bearing
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