Designation:D7096−10StandardTestMethodforDeterminationoftheBoilingRangeDistributionofGasolinebyWide-BoreCapillaryGasChromatography1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7096;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationoftheboilingrangedistributionofgasolineandliquidgasolineblendingcomponents.Itisapplicabletopetroleumproductsandfrac-tionswithafinalboilingpointof280°C(536°F)orlower,asmeasuredbythistestmethod.1.2ThistestmethodisdesignedtomeasuretheentireboilingrangeofgasolineandgasolinecomponentswitheitherhighorlowvaporpressureandiscommonlyreferredtoasSimulatedDistillation(SimDis)bygaschromatographers.1.3Thistestmethodhasbeenvalidatedforgasolinecon-tainingethanol.Gasolinescontainingotheroxygenatesarenotspecificallyexcluded,buttheywerenotusedinthedevelop-mentofthistestmethod.1.4Thistestmethodcanestimatetheconcentrationofn-pentaneandlightersaturatedhydrocarbonsingasoline.1.5ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.5.1ResultsindegreesFahrenheitcanbeobtainedbysimplysubstitutingFahrenheitboilingpointsinthecalculationoftheboilingpoint-retentiontimecorrelation.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D86TestMethodforDistillationofPetroleumProductsatAtmosphericPressureD2421PracticeforInterconversionofAnalysisofC5andLighterHydrocarbonstoGas-Volume,Liquid-Volume,orMassBasisD3700PracticeforObtainingLPGSamplesUsingaFloat-ingPistonCylinderD3710TestMethodforBoilingRangeDistributionofGaso-lineandGasolineFractionsbyGasCh...
