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Table 15
"Perkins Specification for Distillate Diesel Fuel"
Property UNITS Requirements “ASTM”Test “ISO/Other”Test
Aromatics %Volume 35% maximum “D1319” “ISO 3837”
Ash %Weight 0.01% maximum “D482” “ISO 6245”
Carbon Residue on 10%
Bottoms %Weight 0.35% maximum “D524” “ISO 4262”
Cetane Number (1)
-
40 minimum “D613 or D6890” “ISO 5165”
Cloud Point °C The cloud point must not
exceed the lowest expected
ambient temperature. “D2500” “ISO 3015”
Copper Strip Corrosion
-
No. 3 maximum “D130” “ISO 2160”
Distillation °C 10% at 238° C (460.4° F)
maximum “D86” “ISO 3405”
90% at 350° C (662° F)
maximum
Density at 15 °C (59 °F)
(2)
kg/M
3 800 minimum and 860
maximum No equivalent test “ISO 3675”“ISO 12185”
Flash Point °C legal limit “D93” “ISO 2719”
Thermal Stability
-
Minimum of 80% reflec-
tance after aging for 180 mi-
nutes at 150 °C (302 °F) “D6468” No equivalent test
Pour Point °C 6 °C (42.8 °F) minimum be-
low ambient temperature “D97” “ISO 3016”
Sulfur (3) %mass 0.0015 % maximum “D5453” “ISO 20846”
Kinematic Viscosity (4)
MM2/S (cSt) The viscosity of the fuel that
is delivered to the fuel injec-
tion pump. 1.4 minimum
and 4.5 maximum “D445” “ISO 3405”
Water and sediment % weight 0.05% maximum “D1796” “ISO 3734”
Water % weight 0.05% maximum “D1744” No equivalent test
Sediment % weight 0.05% maximum “D473” “ISO 3735”
Gums and Resins (5) mg/100mL 10 mg per 100 mL
maximum “D381” “ISO 6246”
Lubricity correctedwear
scar diameter at 60 °C
(140 °F).
(6)
mm
0.52 maximum “D6079” “ISO 12156-1”
Fuel Cleanliness (7)
-
“ISO 18/16/13” “D7619” “ISO 4406”
Trace Metals (8)
mg/mg Max 1 or non-detectable “D7111”
Oxidation Stability g/m^3 Max 25 “D2274” “ISO 12205”
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