Guide to ASTM Test Methods
for the Analysis of Petroleum
Products and Lubricants
2nd Edition
R. A. Kishore Nadkarni
ASTM Stock No. MNL44–2nd
ASTM International
100 Barr Harbor Drive
PO Box C700
West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959
e-mail:
website: http://www.astm.org
Printed in U.S.A.
,Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nadkarni, R. A.
Guide to ASTM test methods for the analysis of petroleum products and lubricants / R. A. Kishore Nadkarni–2nd ed.
p. cm. 共ASTM manual series; no. mnl44-2nd兲
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8031-4274-9
1. Petroleum products–Testing–Standards. 2. Lubrication and lubricants–Testing–Standards. I. Title.
TP691.N33 2007
665.5’380287-dc22
2007022845
Copyright © 2007 ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced
or copied, in whole or in part, in any printed, mechanical, electronic, film, or other distribution and storage media,
without the written consent of the publisher.
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Printed in City, State
Month 2007
,How To Use This Manual
Table I—lists the test methods with their equivalent IP, ISO, DIN, JIS, and AFNOR designations. The top of each page
listing the test summary also refers to these equivalent standards. If you are considering using any standard that has
equivalent standards you should refer to them to determine the full scope of each standard and any differences
between. Although these standards are listed as equivalent they will not be exactly the same in many cases.
Table II—lists the ASTM test methods alphanumerically by ASTM designation. If you know the ASTM designation, this is
the easiest way to find what you need. The top of each page listing the test summary also refers to these equivalent
standards.
, Foreword
THE PUBLICATION, Guide to ASTM Test Methods for the Analysis of Petroleum Products and Lubricants: 2nd Edition, was
sponsored by ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants and edited by R. A. Kishore Nadkarni,
Millennium Analytics, Inc., East Brunswick, NJ. This is Manual 44–2nd of ASTM’s manual series.
This manual originally published in 2000 has proved to be a useful reference book to technologists and others in the
Petroleum Products and Lubricants industry. This enlarged second edition is updated to include ASTM D02 Committee
test methods published through the end of 2006. The manual contains descriptions of a total of 585 test methods 共an
increase of 222 test methods from 363 methods in the first edition兲 describing a total of about 229 chemical and physical
tests used to analyze petroleum products and lubricants 共an increase of about 69 properties from about 160 properties
described in the first edition兲.
The author and the publisher hope that this second edition will prove as useful as the first one to the oil industry
researchers, analysts, and marketers.
for the Analysis of Petroleum
Products and Lubricants
2nd Edition
R. A. Kishore Nadkarni
ASTM Stock No. MNL44–2nd
ASTM International
100 Barr Harbor Drive
PO Box C700
West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959
e-mail:
website: http://www.astm.org
Printed in U.S.A.
,Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nadkarni, R. A.
Guide to ASTM test methods for the analysis of petroleum products and lubricants / R. A. Kishore Nadkarni–2nd ed.
p. cm. 共ASTM manual series; no. mnl44-2nd兲
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8031-4274-9
1. Petroleum products–Testing–Standards. 2. Lubrication and lubricants–Testing–Standards. I. Title.
TP691.N33 2007
665.5’380287-dc22
2007022845
Copyright © 2007 ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced
or copied, in whole or in part, in any printed, mechanical, electronic, film, or other distribution and storage media,
without the written consent of the publisher.
Photocopy Rights
Authorization to photocopy item for internal, personal, or educational classroom use, or the internal, personal, or
educational classroom use of specific clients, is granted by ASTM International „ASTM… provided that the
appropriate fee is paid to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923; Tel: 978-750-
8400; online: http://www.copyright.com/.
Printed in City, State
Month 2007
,How To Use This Manual
Table I—lists the test methods with their equivalent IP, ISO, DIN, JIS, and AFNOR designations. The top of each page
listing the test summary also refers to these equivalent standards. If you are considering using any standard that has
equivalent standards you should refer to them to determine the full scope of each standard and any differences
between. Although these standards are listed as equivalent they will not be exactly the same in many cases.
Table II—lists the ASTM test methods alphanumerically by ASTM designation. If you know the ASTM designation, this is
the easiest way to find what you need. The top of each page listing the test summary also refers to these equivalent
standards.
, Foreword
THE PUBLICATION, Guide to ASTM Test Methods for the Analysis of Petroleum Products and Lubricants: 2nd Edition, was
sponsored by ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants and edited by R. A. Kishore Nadkarni,
Millennium Analytics, Inc., East Brunswick, NJ. This is Manual 44–2nd of ASTM’s manual series.
This manual originally published in 2000 has proved to be a useful reference book to technologists and others in the
Petroleum Products and Lubricants industry. This enlarged second edition is updated to include ASTM D02 Committee
test methods published through the end of 2006. The manual contains descriptions of a total of 585 test methods 共an
increase of 222 test methods from 363 methods in the first edition兲 describing a total of about 229 chemical and physical
tests used to analyze petroleum products and lubricants 共an increase of about 69 properties from about 160 properties
described in the first edition兲.
The author and the publisher hope that this second edition will prove as useful as the first one to the oil industry
researchers, analysts, and marketers.
