ASTM D841-11

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Designation:D841–10 Designation: D841 – 11
Standard Specification for
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Nitration Grade Toluene
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D841; 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 nitration grade toluene.
1.2 The following applies to all specified limits in this standard: for purposes of determining conformance with this standard,
an observed value or a calculated value shall be rounded off “to the nearest unit” in the last right-hand digit used in expressing
the specification limit, in accordance with the rounding-off method of Practice E29.
1.3 Consult OSHA regulations, supplier’s Material Safety Data Sheets, and local regulations for all materials used in this
specification.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
D848 Test Method for Acid Wash Color of Industrial Aromatic Hydrocarbons
D849 Test Method for Copper Strip Corrosion by Industrial Aromatic Hydrocarbons
D850 Test Method for Distillation of Industrial Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Materials
D1209 Test Method for Color of Clear Liquids (Platinum-Cobalt Scale)
D2360 Test Method for Trace Impurities in Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Gas Chromatography
D3437 Practice for Sampling and Handling Liquid Cyclic Products
D5386 Test Method for Color of Liquids Using Tristimulus Colorimetry
D7504 Test Method forTrace Impurities in MonocyclicAromatic Hydrocarbons by Gas Chromatography and Effective Carbon
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E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
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2.2 Federal Specification:
PPP-C-2020 Packaging of Chemicals, Liquid, Dry, and Paste
2.3 Other Document:
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OSHA Regulations, 29 CFR paragraphs 1910.1000 and 1910.1200
3. Properties
3.1 Nitration grade toluene shall conform to the following requirements:
ASTM Test
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Property Specification Method
Nonaromatic hydrocarbons, max, volume % 1.5 (1.2) D2360 or
(wt %) D7504
Acid wash color, max pass with 2 D848
Copper corrosion pass (1A or 1B) D849
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Appearance .
Color, Pt/Co scale, max 20 D1209 or
D5386
Distillation range including the temperature 1.0 D850
110.6°C at 101.3 kPa (760 mm Hg pressure),
max, °C
1,4-dioxane, max, mg/kg as needed D7504
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D16 onAromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
D16.01 on Benzene, Toluene, Xylenes, Cyclohexane and Their Derivatives.
Current edition approved Jan.July 1, 2010.2011. Published February 2010.July 2011. Originally appr
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