Designation:D7500−15StandardTestMethodforDeterminationofBoilingRangeDistributionofDistillatesandLubricatingBaseOils—inBoilingRangefrom100°Cto735°CbyGasChromatography1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7500;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationoftheboilingrangedistributionofpetroleumproductsbycapillarygaschromatographyusingflameionizationdetection.Thisstan-dardtestmethodhasbeendevelopedthroughtheharmoniza-tionoftwotestmethods,TestMethodD6352andIP480.Asbothofthesemethodscoverthesamescopeandincludeverysimilaroperatingconditions,itwasagreedthatasinglestandardmethodwouldbenefittheglobalsimulateddistillationcommunity.1.2Thistestmethodisnotapplicablefortheanalysisofpetroleumorpetroleumproductscontaininglowmolecularweightcomponents(forexamplenaphthas,reformates,gasolines,diesel).Componentscontainingheteroatoms(forexamplealcohols,ethers,acids,oresters)orresiduearenottobeanalyzedbythistestmethod.SeeTestMethodsD7096,D2887,orD7213forpossibleapplicabilitytoanalysisofthesetypesofmaterials.Thismethodisalsonotsuitableforsamplesthatwillnotelutecompletelyfromthegaschromatographiccolumn,leavingresidues.Forsuchsamplesascrudeoilsandresidues,seeTestMethodsD5307andD7169.1.3Thistestmethodisapplicabletodistillateswithinitialboilingpointsabove100ºCandfinalboilingpointsbelow735ºC(carbon110);forexample,distillates(IBP>100°C),baseoilsandlubricatingbasestocks.1.4ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDoc...
