Designation:D611−12Designation:2/98StandardTestMethodsforAnilinePointandMixedAnilinePointofPetroleumProductsandHydrocarbonSolvents1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD611;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope*1.1Thesetestmethodscoverthedeterminationoftheanilinepointofpetroleumproductsandhydrocarbonsolvents.TestMethodAissuitablefortransparentsampleswithaninitialboilingpointaboveroomtemperatureandwheretheanilinepointisbelowthebubblepointandabovethesolidifi-cationpointoftheaniline-samplemixture.TestMethodB,athin-filmmethod,issuitableforsamplestoodarkfortestingbyTestMethodA.TestMethodsCandDareforsamplesthatmayvaporizeappreciablyattheanilinepoint.TestMethodDisparticularlysuitablewhereonlysmallquantitiesofsampleareavailable.TestMethodEdescribesaprocedureusinganautomaticapparatussuitablefortherangecoveredbyTestMethodsAandB.1.2Thesetestmethodsalsocoverthedeterminationofthemixedanilinepointofpetroleumproductsandhydrocarbonsolventshavinganilinepointsbelowthetemperatureatwhichanilinewillcrystallizefromtheaniline-samplemixture.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.4WARNING—Mercuryhasbeendesignatedbymanyregulatoryagenciesasahazardousmaterialthatcancausecentralnervoussystem,kidneyandliverdamage.Mercury,oritsvapor,maybehazardoustohealthandcorrosivetomaterials.Cautionshouldbetakenwhenhandlingmercuryandmercurycontainingproducts.SeetheapplicableproductMa-terialSafetyDataSheet(MSDS)fordetailsandEPA’swebsite—http://www.epa.gov/mercury/faq.htm—foraddi-tionalinformation.Usersshouldbeawarethatsellingmercuryand/ormercurycontainingproductsintoyourstateorcountrymaybeprohibitedbylaw.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoad...
