Designation:D6352−15StandardTestMethodforBoilingRangeDistributionofPetroleumDistillatesinBoilingRangefrom174°Cto700°CbyGasChromatography1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6352;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationoftheboilingrangedistributionofpetroleumdistillatefractions.Thetestmethodisapplicabletopetroleumdistillatefractionshavinganinitialboilingpointgreaterthan174°C(345°F)andafinalboilingpointoflessthan700°C(1292°F)(C10toC90)atatmosphericpressureasmeasuredbythistestmethod.1.2Thetestmethodisnotapplicablefortheanalysisofpetroleumorpetroleumproductscontaininglowmolecularweightcomponents(forexamplenaphthas,reformates,gasolines,crudeoils).Materialscontainingheterogeneouscomponents(forexamplealcohols,ethers,acids,oresters)orresiduearenottobeanalyzedbythistestmethod.SeeTestMethodsD3710,D2887,orD5307forpossibleapplicabilitytoanalysisofthesetypesofmaterials.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsareforinfor-mationonlyandmaybeincludedasparentheticalvalues.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D86TestMethodforDistillationofPetroleumProductsatAtmosphericPressureD1160TestMethodforDistillationofPetroleumProductsatReducedPressureD2887TestMethodforBoilingRangeDistributionofPe-troleumFractionsbyGasChromatographyD2892TestMethodforDistillationofCrudePetroleum(15-TheoreticalPlateColumn)D3710TestMethodforBoilingRangeDistributionofGaso-lineandGasolineFractionsbyGasChromatography(Withdrawn2014)3D4626PracticeforCalculati...
