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Table 13
Specification for China Distillate Diesel Fuel
Property
UNITS
Requirements
“ASTM Test”
“ISO Test”
“China Test”
Ash
%Weight
0.01% maximum
“D482”
“ISO 6245”
“GB/T 508”
Carbon Residue on
10% Bottoms
%Weight
0.3% maximum
“D524”
“ISO 4262”
“GB/T 268”
Cetane Number
-
45 minimum
“D613” or “D6890”
“ISO 5165”
“GB/T 386”
Cetane index
-
43 minimum
“D4737”
“ISO 4264”
“GB/T 11139”
Cloud Point
°C
The cloud point must
not exceed the lowest
expected ambient
temperature.
“D2500”
“ISO 3015”
“GB/T 510”
Copper Strip
Corrosion
-
No. 3 maximum
“D130”
“ISO 2160”
“GB/T 5096”
Distillation
°C
95% at 365° C
(689° F) maximum
“D86”
“ISO 3405”
“GB/T 6536”
Density at 15 °C
(59 °F)
Kg / m
3
800 minimum and 845
maximum
No equivalent test
“ISO 3675” or “ISO
12185”
“GB/T 1884” or “GB/T
1885”
Flash Point Pensky-
Martens
°C
Legal limit
“D93”
“ISO 2719”
“GB/T 261”
Thermal Stability
-
Minimum of 80% re-
flectance after aging
for 180 minutes at
150 °C (302 °F)
“D6468”
No equivalent test
-
Sulfur
mg/kg
350 maximum
“D5453” or “D2622”
“ISO 20846” or “ISO
20884”
“GB/T 380” or “SH/T
0689”
Kinematic Viscosity
mm
2
/s (cSt)
The viscosity of the
fuel that is delivered to
the fuel injection
pump. 2 minimum and
4.5 maximum
“ASTM D445”
“ISO 3104”
“GB/T 265”
Water
mg/kg
200 maximum
“D1744”
“ISO 12937”
“GB/T 260”
Gums and Resins
mg/100mL
10 mg per 100 mL
maximum
“D381”
“ISO 6246”
Lubricity corrected-
wear scar diameter
at 60 °C (140 °F).
mm
0.46 maximum
“D6079”
“ISO 12156-1”
“SH/T 0765”
Fuel cleanliness
-
“ISO 18/16/13”
“D7619”
“ISO 4406”
Oxidation Stability
g/m
^3
Maximum 25
“D2274”
“ISO 12205”
“SH/T 0175”
(1)
A fuel with a higher cetane number is recommended to operate at a higher altitude or in cold weather.
(2)
Density range allowed includes summer and winter diesel fuel grades and regional variations.
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