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ASTM D7900 – Standard Test Method for Determination of Light Hydrocarbons in Stabilized Crude Oils by Gas Chromatography Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Knowledge of the boiling point distribution of stabilized crude oils is important for the marketing, scheduling, and processing of crude oil in the petroleum industry. Test Method D7169 and IP 545 purport to give such …
ASTM D7896 – Standard Test Method for Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Diffusivity, and Volumetric Heat Capacity of Engine Coolants and Related Fluids by Transient Hot Wire Liquid Thermal Conductivity Method Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method covers the measurement of thermal properties for engine coolants (aqueous or non-aqueous) and related fluids. 5.2 With each single measurement, …
ASTM D7771 – Standard Test Method for Determination of Benzo-α-Pyrene (BaP) Content in Carbon Black Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test procedure is used to determine the concentration of BaP extracted from carbon black by the means of a Soxhlet extraction apparatus with toluene. Scope 1.1 This test method covers the qualitative and quantitative determination of …
ASTM D7504 – Standard Test Method for Trace Impurities in Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Gas Chromatography and Effective Carbon Number Description: Significance and Use 5.1 Determining the type and amount of hydrocarbon impurities remaining from the manufacture of toluene, mixed xylenes, p-xylene, o-xylene, ethylbenzene, benzene, and styrene used as chemical intermediates and solvents is often required. This test …
ASTM D7395 – Standard Test Method for Cone/Plate Viscosity at a 500 s-1 Shear Rate Description: Significance and Use 4.1 This test has been used to measure viscosities of automotive topcoats in place of No. 4 Ford cup measurements and has provided an equivalent ability to evaluate whether the paint meets specifications and is sprayable. 4.2 The method …
ASTM D7359 – Standard Test Method for Total Fluorine, Chlorine and Sulfur in Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Mixtures by Oxidative Pyrohydrolytic Combustion followed by Ion Chromatography Detection (Combustion Ion Chromatography-CIC) Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The total fluorine, chlorine, and sulfur contained in aromatic hydrocarbon matrices can contribute to emissions, be harmful to many catalytic chemical …
ASTM D7094 – Standard Test Method for Flash Point by Modified Continuously Closed Cup (MCCCFP) Tester Description: Significance and Use 5.1 The flash point temperature is one measure of the tendency of the test specimen to form a flammable mixture with air under controlled laboratory conditions. It is only one of a number of properties which …
ASTM D6988 – Standard Guide for Determination of Thickness of Plastic Film Test Specimens Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This guide is intended to provide recommendations and suggested good practices to determine precise dimensions when necessary for the calculation of properties expressed in physical units. It is not intended to replace practical thickness measurements based on …
ASTM D6797 – Standard Test Method for Bursting Strength of Fabrics Constant-Rate-of-Extension (CRE) Ball Burst Test Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This method is used to determine the force required to rupture textile fabric by forcing a steel ball through the fabric with a constant-rate-of-extension tensile tester. 5.2 This is a new method and therefore the history …
ASTM D6775 – Standard Test Method for Breaking Strength and Elongation of Textile Webbing, Tape and Braided Material Description: Significance and Use 5.1 This test method can be used for acceptance testing of commercial shipments but comparisons should be made with caution because estimates of between-laboratory precision are incomplete. 5.1.1 If there are differences of practical significance …
