Petroleum Standards
ASTM's petroleum standards are instrumental in the evaluation and assessment of the physical, mechanical, rheological, thermal, and chemical properties of crude oils, lubricating grease, automobile and aviation gasoline, hydrocarbons, and other naturally occurring energy resources used for various industrial applications. These fuels are tested for their composition, purity, density, miscibility and compatibility with other fluids and materials, toxicity, and thermal stability among others. These petroleum standards allow petroleum refineries, automotive and aviation companies, and other geological and chemical processing plants to appropriately examine and process these fuel oils ensure their quality towards safe and efficient use.
List of petroleum standards developed by ASTM:
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Absorption Spectroscopic Methods
Additives and Electrical Properties
Analysis of Lubricants
Automotive Gear Lubricants & Fluids
Automotive Greases
Automotive Lubricants
Aviation Fuels
Aviation Gasoline
Burner Fuels
Burner, Diesel, Non-Aviation Gas Turbine, and Marine Fuels
C4 Hydrocarbons
Chemical and General Laboratory Tests
Chromatographic Distribution Methods
Color and Reactivity
Combustion and Thermal Properties
Combustion Characteristics
Compatibility
Consistency and Related Rheological Tests
Coordinating Subcommittee on Quality Assurance and Statistics
Correlative Methods
Corrosion and Water/Air Separability
Corrosion Testing of Sheet Fluids Metal Processing Fluids
Development and Surveillance of Bench Tests Methods
Diesel Fuel Oils
ECO - Evaluated Fluids
Elemental Analysis
Engineering Sciences of High Performance Fluids and Solids
Environmental Standards for Lubricants
Ethylene
Fire Resistant Fluids
Flow Properties
Fuel Cleanliness
Functional Tests - Contamination
Functional Tests - Temperature
Functional Tests - Tribology
Gas Chromatography Methods
Gas Turbine Fuels
Gasoline and Gasoline-Oxygenate Blends
Gasoline and Oxygenated Fuels
Heavy Duty Engine Oils
Hydraulic Fluids
Hydrocarbon Measurement for Custody Transfer (Joint with API)
Hydrocarbons for Chemical and Special Uses
In-Service Lubricant Testing and Condition Monitoring Services
Industrial Applications
Industrial Lubricants
Jet Fuel Specifications
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Liquid Chromatography
Lubricating Grease
Lubricating Properties
Machinery Lubricants
Machinery Lubricants and Metal Removal Fluids
Manufactured Carbon and Graphite Products
Mass Spectroscopy
Metal Deformation Fluids and Lubricants
Non-Lubricating Process Fluids
Oxidation of Greases
Oxidation of Lubricants
Oxidation of Turbine Oils
Oxidation Testing of Engine Oils
Passenger Car Engine Oils
Performance Assessment and Validation of Process Stream Analyzer Systems
Performance Tests
Petroleum Coke
Physical and Chemical Methods
Physical Tests
Physical/Chemical Properties
Preparation of Standard Hydrocarbon Blends
Properties of Fuels, Petroleum Coke and Carbon Material
Propylene
Recycled Products
Research Techniques
Sampling, Sediment, Water
Solid Lubricants
Specifications
Stability and Cleanliness of Liquid Fuels
Standards Acceleration
Temperature, Density, Physical Properties
Terminology
Thermal Stability
Tribiological Properties of Industrial Fluids and Lubricates
Turbine Oil Monitoring, Problems and Systems
Turbine Oils
Two-Stroke Cycle Gasoline
Vapor Pressure and V/L Ratio
Volatility
XRF Methods
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Absorption Spectroscopic Methods
Additives and Electrical Properties
Analysis of Lubricants
Automotive Gear Lubricants & Fluids
Automotive Greases
Automotive Lubricants
Aviation Fuels
Aviation Gasoline
Burner Fuels
Burner, Diesel, Non-Aviation Gas Turbine, and Marine Fuels
C4 Hydrocarbons
Chemical and General Laboratory Tests
Chromatographic Distribution Methods
Color and Reactivity
Combustion and Thermal Properties
Combustion Characteristics
Compatibility
Consistency and Related Rheological Tests
Coordinating Subcommittee on Quality Assurance and Statistics
Correlative Methods
Corrosion and Water/Air Separability
Corrosion Testing of Sheet Fluids Metal Processing Fluids
Development and Surveillance of Bench Tests Methods
Diesel Fuel Oils
ECO - Evaluated Fluids
Elemental Analysis
Designation Title
D129 - 00(2005)
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (General Bomb Method)
D482 - 07
Standard Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products
D808 - 05
Standard Test Method for Chlorine in New and Used Petroleum Products (Bomb Method)
D874 - 07
Standard Test Method for Sulfated Ash from Lubricating Oils and Additives
D1018 - 00(2005)
Standard Test Method for Hydrogen In Petroleum Fractions
D1091 - 00(2005)
Standard Test Methods for Phosphorus in Lubricating Oils and Additives
D1266 - 07
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Lamp Method)
D1318 - 00(2005)
Standard Test Method for Sodium in Residual Fuel Oil (Flame Photometric Method)
D1552 - 08
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (High-Temperature Method)
D1839 - 91(2005)
Standard Test Method for Amyl Nitrate in Diesel Fuels
D2622 - 08
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
D2784 - 06
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Liquefied Petroleum Gases (Oxy-Hydrogen Burner or Lamp)
D3120 - 08
Standard Test Method for Trace Quantities of Sulfur in Light Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Microcoulometry
D3227 - 04a
Standard Test Method for (Thiol Mercaptan) Sulfur in Gasoline, Kerosine, Aviation Turbine, and Distillate Fuels (Potentiometric Method)
D3230 - 08
Standard Test Method for Salts in Crude Oil (Electrometric Method)
D3231 - 07
Standard Test Method for Phosphorus in Gasoline
D3237 - 06e1
Standard Test Method for Lead in Gasoline by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
D3246 - 05
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Gas by Oxidative Microcoulometry
D3340 - 07
Standard Test Method for Lithium and Sodium in Lubricating Greases by Flame Photometer
D3341 - 05
Standard Test Method for Lead in Gasoline-Iodine Monochloride Method
D3348 - 07
Standard Test Method for Rapid Field Test for Trace Lead in Unleaded Gasoline (Colorimetric Method)
D3605 - 00(2005)
Standard Test Method for Trace Metals in Gas Turbine Fuels by Atomic Absorption and Flame Emission Spectroscopy
D3701 - 01(2006)
Standard Test Method for Hydrogen Content of Aviation Turbine Fuels by Low Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry
D3831 - 01(2006)
Standard Test Method for Manganese in Gasoline By Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
D4045 - 04
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Hydrogenolysis and Rateometric Colorimetry
D4046 - 91(2005)
Standard Test Method for Alkyl Nitrate in Diesel Fuels by Spectrophotometry
D4047 - 00(2005)
Standard Test Method for Phosphorus in Lubricating Oils and Additives by Quinoline Phosphomolybdate Method
D4294 - 08a
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
D4628 - 05
Standard Test Method for Analysis of Barium, Calcium, Magnesium, and Zinc In Unused Lubricating Oils By Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
D4629 - 08
Standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Syringe/Inlet Oxidative Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection
D4808 - 01(2006)
Standard Test Methods for Hydrogen Content of Light Distillates, Middle Distillates, Gas Oils, and Residua by Low-Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
D4927 - 05
Standard Test Methods for Elemental Analysis of Lubricant and Additive Components—Barium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Zinc by Wavelength-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
D4929 - 07
Standard Test Methods for Determination of Organic Chloride Content in Crude Oi
D4951 - 06
Standard Test Method for Determination of Additive Elements in Lubricating Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry
D4952 - 02(2007)
Standard Test Method for Qualitative Analysis for Active Sulfur Species in Fuels and Solvents (Doctor Test)
D5056 - 04
Standard Test Method for Trace Metals in Petroleum Coke by Atomic Absorption
D5184 - 01(2006)
Standard Test Methods for Determination of Aluminum and Silicon in Fuel Oils by Ashing, Fusion, Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry, and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
D5185 - 05
Standard Test Method for Determination of Additive Elements, Wear Metals, and Contaminants in Used Lubricating Oils and Determination of Selected Elements in Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
D5291 - 02(2007)
Standard Test Methods for Instrumental Determination of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen in Petroleum Products and Lubricants
D5384 - 95(2005)
Standard Test Methods for Chlorine in Used Petroleum Products (Field Test Kit Method)
D5453 - 08b
Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence
D5600 - 04e1
Standard Test Method for Trace Metals in Petroleum Coke by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
D5622 - 95(2005)
Standard Test Methods for Determination of Total Oxygen in Gasoline and Methanol Fuels by Reductive Pyrolysis
D5708 - 05
Standard Test Methods for Determination of Nickel, Vanadium, and Iron in Crude Oils and Residual Fuels by Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Atomic Emission Spectrometry
D5761 - 96(2006)
Standard Practice for Emulsification/Suspension of Multiphase Fluid Waste Materials
D5762 - 08
Standard Test Method for Nitrogen in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Boat-Inlet Chemiluminescence
D5863 - 00a(2005)
Standard Test Methods for Determination of Nickel, Vanadium, Iron, and Sodium in Crude Oils and Residual Fuels by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
D6443 - 04
Test Method for Determination of Calcium, Chlorine, Copper, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Zinc in Unused Lubricating Oils and Additives by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (Mathematical Correction Procedure)
D6445 - 99(2004)e1
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Gasoline by Energy-Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
D6470 - 99(2004)
Standard Test Method for Salt in Crude Oils (Potentiometric Method)
D6481 - 99(2004)
Standard Test Method for Determination of Phosphorus, Sulfur, Calcium, and Zinc in Lubrication Oils by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
D6595 - 00(2005)
Standard Test Method for Determination of Wear Metals and Contaminants in Used Lubricating Oils or Used Hydraulic Fluids by Rotating Disc Electrode Atomic Emission Spectrometry
D6667 - 04
Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Volatile Sulfur in Gaseous Hydrocarbons and Liquefied Petroleum Gases by Ultraviolet Fluorescence
D6728 - 01(2006)
Standard Test Method for Determination of Contaminants in Gas Turbine and Diesel Engine Fuel by Rotating Disc Electrode Atomic Emission Spectrometry
D6732 - 04
Standard Test Method for Determination of Copper in Jet Fuels by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
D7039 - 07
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel by Monochromatic Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
D7040 - 04
Standard Test Method for Determination of Low Levels of Phosphorus in ILSAC GF 4 and Similar Grade Engine Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry
D7041 - 04
Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Motor Fuels, and Oils by Online Gas Chromatography with Flame Photometric Detection
D7111 - 05
Standard Test Method for Determination of Trace Elements in Middle Distillate Fuels by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
D7171 - 05
Standard Test Method for Hydrogen Content of Middle Distillate Petroleum Products by Low-Resolution Pulsed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
D7212 - 07
Standard Test Method for Low Sulfur in Automotive Fuels by Energy-Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry Using a Low-Background Proportional Counter
D7220 - 06
Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Automotive Fuels by Polarization X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
D7260 - 06
Standard Practice for Optimization, Calibration, and Validation of Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) for Elemental Analysis of Petroleum Products and Lubricants
D7303 - 06
Standard Test Method for Determination of Metals in Lubricating Greases by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry
D7318 - 07
Standard Test Method for Total Inorganic Sulfate in Ethanol by Potentiometric Titration
D7319 - 07
Standard Test Method for Determination of Total and Potential Sulfate and Inorganic Chloride in Fuel Ethanol by Direct Injection Suppressed Ion Chromatography
D7328 - 07e1
Standard Test Method for Determination of Total and Potential Inorganic Sulfate and Total Inorganic Chloride in Fuel Ethanol by Ion Chromatography Using Aqueous Sample Injection
D7455 - 08
Standard Practice for Sample Preparation of Petroleum and Lubricant Products for Elemental Analysis
D7482 - 08
Standard Practice for Sampling, Storage, and Handling of Hydrocarbons for Mercury Analysis
Engineering Sciences of High Performance Fluids and Solids
Environmental Standards for Lubricants
Ethylene
Fire Resistant Fluids
Flow Properties
Fuel Cleanliness
Functional Tests - Contamination
Functional Tests - Temperature
Functional Tests - Tribology
Gas Chromatography Methods
Designation Title
D2268 - 93(2008)
Standard Test Method for Analysis of High-Purity n-Heptane and Isooctane by Capillary Gas Chromatography
D2427 - 06
Standard Test Method for Determination of C2 through C5 Hydrocarbons in Gasolines by Gas Chromatography
D3606 - 07
Standard Test Method for Determination of Benzene and Toluene in Finished Motor and Aviation Gasoline by Gas Chromatography
D4291 - 04
Standard Test Method for Trace Ethylene Glycol in Used Engine Oil
D4626 - 95(2005)
Standard Practice for Calculation of Gas Chromatographic Response Factors
D4815 - 04
Standard Test Method for Determination of MTBE, ETBE, TAME, DIPE, tertiary-Amyl Alcohol and C1 to C4 Alcohols in Gasoline by Gas Chromatography
D5134 - 98(2008)e1
Standard Test Method for Detailed Analysis of Petroleum Naphthas through n-Nonane by Capillary Gas Chromatography
D5441 - 98(2008)e1
Standard Test Method for Analysis of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) by Gas Chromatography
D5443 - 04
Standard Test Method for Paraffin, Naphthene, and Aromatic Hydrocarbon Type Analysis in Petroleum Distillates Through 200°C by Multi-Dimensional Gas Chromatography
D5501 - 04
Standard Test Method for Determination of Ethanol Content of Denatured Fuel Ethanol by Gas Chromatography
D5580 - 02(2007)
Standard Test Method for Determination of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, p/m -Xylene, o -Xylene, C9 and Heavier Aromatics, and Total Aromatics in Finished Gasoline by Gas Chromatography
D5599 - 00(2005)
Standard Test Method for Determination of Oxygenates in Gasoline by Gas Chromatography and Oxygen Selective Flame Ionization Detection
D5623 - 94(2004)e1
Standard Test Method for Sulfur Compounds in Light Petroleum Liquids by Gas Chromatography and Sulfur Selective Detection
D5986 - 96(2006)
Standard Test Method for Determination of Oxygenates, Benzene, Toluene, C8 -C 12 Aromatics and Total Aromatics in Finished Gasoline by Gas Chromatography/Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
D6160 - 98(2008)
Standard Test Method for Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Waste Materials by Gas Chromatography
D6293 - 98(2003)e1
Standard Test Method for Oxygenates and Paraffin, Olefin, Naphthene, Aromatic (O-PONA) Hydrocarbon Types in Low-Olefin Spark Ignition Engine Fuels by Gas Chromatography
D6296 - 98(2008)
Standard Test Method for Total Olefins in Spark-ignition Engine Fuels by Multidimensional Gas Chromatography
D6584 - 08
Standard Test Method for Determination of Free and Total Glycerin in B-100 Biodiesel Methyl Esters By Gas Chromatography
D6729 - 04e1
Standard Test Method for Determination of Individual Components in Spark Ignition Engine Fuels by 100 Metre Capillary High Resolution Gas Chromatography
D6730 - 01(2006)e1
Standard Test Method for Determination of Individual Components in Spark Ignition Engine Fuels by 100Metre Capillary (with Precolumn) High-Resolution Gas Chromatography
D6733 - 01(2006)
Standard Test Method for Determination of Individual Components in Spark Ignition Engine Fuels by 50-Metre Capillary High Resolution Gas Chromatography
D6839 - 02(2007)
Standard Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types, Oxygenated Compounds and Benzene in Spark Ignition Engine Fuels by Gas Chromatography
D7059 - 04e1
Standard Test Method for Determination of Methanol in Crude Oils by Multidimensional Gas Chromatography
Gas Turbine Fuels
Gasoline and Gasoline-Oxygenate Blends
Gasoline and Oxygenated Fuels
Heavy Duty Engine Oils
Hydraulic Fluids
Hydrocarbon Measurement for Custody Transfer (Joint with API)
Hydrocarbons for Chemical and Special Uses
In-Service Lubricant Testing and Condition Monitoring Services
Industrial Applications
Industrial Lubricants
Jet Fuel Specifications
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Liquid Chromatography
Lubricating Grease
Lubricating Properties
Machinery Lubricants
Machinery Lubricants and Metal Removal Fluids
Manufactured Carbon and Graphite Products
Mass Spectroscopy
Metal Deformation Fluids and Lubricants
Non-Lubricating Process Fluids
Oxidation of Greases
Oxidation of Lubricants
Oxidation of Turbine Oils
Oxidation Testing of Engine Oils
Passenger Car Engine Oils
Performance Assessment and Validation of Process Stream Analyzer Systems
Performance Tests
Petroleum Coke
Physical and Chemical Methods
Physical Tests
Physical/Chemical Properties
Preparation of Standard Hydrocarbon Blends
Properties of Fuels, Petroleum Coke and Carbon Material
Propylene
Recycled Products
Research Techniques
Sampling, Sediment, Water
Solid Lubricants
Specifications
Stability and Cleanliness of Liquid Fuels
Standards Acceleration
Temperature, Density, Physical Properties
Terminology
Thermal Stability
Tribiological Properties of Industrial Fluids and Lubricates
Turbine Oil Monitoring, Problems and Systems
Turbine Oils
Two-Stroke Cycle Gasoline
Vapor Pressure and V/L Ratio
Volatility
XRF Methods
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