ASTM D396-15b
(Specification)Standard Specification for Fuel Oils
Standard Specification for Fuel Oils
ABSTRACT
This specification covers grades of fuel oil intended for use in various types of fuel-oil-burning equipment under various climatic and operating conditions. These grades include the following: Grades No. 1 S5000, No. 1 S500, No. 2 S5000, and No. 2 S500 for use in domestic and small industrial burners; Grades No. 1 S5000 and No. 1 S500 adapted to vaporizing type burners or where storage conditions require low pour point fuel; Grades No. 4 (Light) and No. 4 (Heavy) for use in commercial/industrial burners; and Grades No. 5 (Light), No. 5 (Heavy), and No. 6 for use in industrial burners. Preheating is usually required for handling and proper atomization. The grades of fuel oil shall be homogeneous hydrocarbon oils, free from inorganic acid, and free from excessive amounts of solid or fibrous foreign matter. Grades containing residual components shall remain uniform in normal storage and not separate by gravity into light and heavy oil components outside the viscosity limits for the grade. The grades of fuel oil shall conform to the limiting requirements prescribed for: (1) flash point, (2) water and sediment, (3) physical distillation or simulated distillation, (4) kinematic viscosity, (5) Ramsbottom carbon residue, (6) ash, (7) sulfur, (8) copper strip corrosion, (9) density, and (10) pour point. The test methods for determining conformance to the specified properties are given.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification (see 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 No. 1 S5000, No. 1 S500, No. 2 S5000, and No. 2 S500 are middle distillate fuels for use in domestic and small industrial burners. Grades No. 1 S5000 and No. 1 S500 are particularly adapted to vaporizing type burners or where storage conditions require low pour point fuel.
1.1.2 Grades B6–B20 S500 and B6–B20 S5000 are middle distillate fuel/biodiesel blends for use in domestic and small industrial burners.
1.1.3 Grades No. 4 (Light) and No. 4 are heavy distillate fuels or middle distillate/residual fuel blends used in commercial/industrial burners equipped for this viscosity range.
1.1.4 Grades No. 5 (Light), No. 5 (Heavy), and No. 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 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this 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 D4865.
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Designation:D396 −15b
StandardSpecification for
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Fuel Oils
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D396; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
NOTE 3—The generation and dissipation of static electricity can create
1. Scope*
problems in the handling of distillate burner fuel oils. For more informa-
1.1 This specification (see Note 1) covers grades of fuel oil
tion on the subject, see Guide D4865.
intendedforuseinvarioustypesoffuel-oil-burningequipment
under various climatic and operating conditions. These grades
2. Referenced Documents
are described as follows: 2
2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.1.1 Grades No. 1 S5000, No. 1 S500, No. 2 S5000, and
D56Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Cup Tester
No. 2 S500 are middle distillate fuels for use in domestic and
D86Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at
small industrial burners. Grades No. 1 S5000 and No. 1 S500
Atmospheric Pressure
are particularly adapted to vaporizing type burners or where
D93Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens
storage conditions require low pour point fuel.
Closed Cup Tester
1.1.2 Grades B6–B20 S500 and B6–B20 S5000 are middle
D95Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and
distillate fuel/biodiesel blends for use in domestic and small
Bituminous Materials by Distillation
industrial burners.
D97Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products
1.1.3 Grades No. 4 (Light) and No. 4 are heavy distillate
D129Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Gen-
fuels or middle distillate/residual fuel blends used in
eral High Pressure Decomposition Device Method)
commercial/industrial burners equipped for this viscosity
D130Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petro-
range.
leum Products by Copper Strip Test
1.1.4 Grades No. 5 (Light), No. 5 (Heavy), and No. 6 are
D445Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent
residualfuelsofincreasingviscosityandboilingrange,usedin
and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of DynamicViscos-
industrial burners. Preheating is usually required for handling
ity)
and proper atomization.
D473TestMethodforSedimentinCrudeOilsandFuelOils
by the Extraction Method
NOTE 1—For information on the significance of the terminology and
test methods used in this specification, see Appendix X1.
D482Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
NOTE 2—Amore detailed description of the grades of fuel oils is given
D524Test Method for Ramsbottom Carbon Residue of
in X1.3.
Petroleum Products
1.2 This specification is for the use of purchasing agencies
D664Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products
in formulating specifications to be included in contracts for
by Potentiometric Titration
purchasesoffueloilsandfortheguidanceofconsumersoffuel
D975Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils
oils in the selection of the grades most suitable for their needs.
D1266TestMethodforSulfurinPetroleumProducts(Lamp
Method)
1.3 Nothing in this specification shall preclude observance
D1298Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API
of federal, state, or local regulations which can be more
Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Prod-
restrictive.
ucts by Hydrometer Method
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
D1552Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
High Temperature Combustion and IR Detection
standard.
D2500Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Products
D2622Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on
Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of
Subcommittee D02.E0 on Burner, Diesel, Non-Aviation Gas Turbine, and Marine
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Fuels. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Current edition approved June 1, 2015. Published June 2015. Originally contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
approved in 1934. Last previous edition approved in 2015 as D396–15a. DOI: Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
10.1520/D0396-15B. the ASTM website.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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Designation: D396 − 15a D396 − 15b
Standard Specification for
1
Fuel Oils
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D396; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope*
1.1 This specification (see 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 No. 1 S5000, No. 1 S500, No. 2 S5000, and No. 2 S500 are middle distillate fuels for use in domestic and small
industrial burners. Grades No. 1 S5000 and No. 1 S500 are particularly adapted to vaporizing type burners or where storage
conditions require low pour point fuel.
1.1.2 Grades B6–B20 S500 and B6–B20 S5000 are middle distillate fuel/biodiesel blends for use in domestic and small
industrial burners.
1.1.3 Grades No. 4 (Light) and No. 4 are heavy distillate fuels or middle distillate/residual fuel blends used in commercial/
industrial burners equipped for this viscosity range.
1.1.4 Grades No. 5 (Light), No. 5 (Heavy), and No. 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 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this 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 D4865.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
D56 Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Cup Tester
D86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure
D93 Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester
D95 Test Method for Water in Petroleum Products and Bituminous Materials by Distillation
D97 Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products
D129 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (General High Pressure Decomposition Device Method)
D130 Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test
D445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity)
D473 Test Method for Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oils by the Extraction Method
D482 Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
D524 Test Method for Ramsbottom Carbon Residue of Petroleum Products
D664 Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration
D975 Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
D02.E0 on Burner, Diesel, Non-Aviation Gas Turbine, and Marine Fuels.
Current edition approved March 1, 2015June 1, 2015. Published March 2015June 2015. Originally approved in 1934. Last previous edition approved in 2015 as
D396 – 15.D396 – 15a. DOI: 10.1520/D0396-15A.10.1520/D0396-15B.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
*A Summary 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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D1266 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Lamp Method)
D1298 Test Method for Density, Relative Density, or API Gravity
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