ASTM D4806-06
(Specification)Standard Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel
Standard Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel
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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 .
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
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An American National Standard
Designation: D 4806 – 06
Standard Specification for
Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use
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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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope* Liquids by Digital Density Meter
D 4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and
1.1 This specification covers nominally anhydrous dena-
Petroleum Products
tured fuel ethanol intended to be blended with unleaded or
D 4814 SpecificationforAutomotiveSpark-IgnitionEngine
leadedgasolinesat1to10volume%foruseasaspark-ignition
Fuel
automotiveenginefuel.Thesignificanceofthisspecificationis
D 5453 Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in
shown in Appendix X1.
Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information
D 5501 Test Method for Determination of Ethanol Content
only.
of Denatured Fuel Ethanol by Gas Chromatography
2. Referenced Documents
D 5580 Test Method for Determination of Benzene, Tolu-
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ene, Ethylbenzene, p/m-Xylene, o-Xylene, C and Heavier
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
Aromatics, and Total Aromatics in Finished Gasoline by
D86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at
Gas Chromatography
Atmospheric Pressure
D 6423 Test Method for Determination of pHe of Ethanol,
D 381 Test Method for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet
Denatured Fuel Ethanol, and Fuel Ethanol (Ed75-Ed85)
Evaporation
D 6428 Test Method for Total Sulfur in Liquid Aromatic
D 512 Test Methods for Chloride Ion In Water
Hydrocarbons and Their Derivatives by Oxidative Com-
D 891 Test Methods for Specific Gravity, Apparent, of
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bustion and Electrochemical Detection
Liquid Industrial Chemicals
D 6550 Test Method for Determination of Olefin Content of
D 1152 Specification for Methanol (Methyl Alcohol)
Gasolines by Supercritical-Fluid Chromatography
D 1193 Specification for Reagent Water
E 203 TestMethodforWaterUsingVolumetricKarlFischer
D 1613 Test Method for Acidity in Volatile Solvents and
Titration
Chemical Intermediates Used in Paint, Varnish, Lacquer,
E 300 Practice for Sampling Industrial Chemicals
and Related Products
E 1064 Test Method for Water in Organic Liquids by
D 1688 Test Methods for Copper in Water
Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration
D 2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by
2.2 Other Standards:
Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
United States Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Parts
D 3120 Test Method for Trace Quantities of Sulfur in Light
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20 and 21
Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Microcou-
United States Federal Specification O-E-760b Ethyl Alco-
lometry
hol (Ethanol): Denatured Alcohol: and Proprietary Sol-
D 3505 Test Method for Density or Relative Density of
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vent
Pure Liquid Chemicals
D 4052 Test Method for Density and Relative Density of
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions:
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
D02.A0 on Gasoline and Oxygenated Fuels.
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Current edition approved May 15, 2006. Published June 2006. Originally Withdrawn.
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approved in 1988. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as D 4806–04a. Order as Code of Federal Regulations Title 27 Parts 200-End: from U.S.
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*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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D4806–06
3.1.1 ethanol, n—ethyl alcohol, the chemical compound 4.2 Other Properties—Limits more restrictive than those
C H OH. specified above, or the specification of additional properties
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3.1.2 gasoline, n—a volatile mixture of liquid hydrocar- suchascolor,maybeagreeduponbetweenthesupplierandthe
bons, generally containing small amounts of additives, suitable purchaser.
for use as a
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