Designation:D5842−14ManualofPetroleumMeasurementStandards(MPMS)Chapter8.4StandardPracticeforSamplingandHandlingofFuelsforVolatilityMeasurement1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5842;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thispracticecoversproceduresandequipmentforobtaining,mixing,andhandlingrepresentativesamplesofvolatilefuelsforthepurposeoftestingforcompliancewiththestandardssetforthforvolatilityrelatedmeasurementsappli-cabletolightfuels.Theapplicabledryvaporpressureequiva-lentrangeofthispracticeis13to105kPa(2to16psia).1.2Thispracticeisapplicabletothesampling,mixing,andhandlingofreformulatedfuelsincludingthosecontainingoxygenates.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandardexceptinsomecaseswheredrawingsmayshowinch-poundmeasurementswhicharecustomaryforthatequip-ment.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D4057PracticeforManualSamplingofPetroleumandPetroleumProducts(APIMPMSChapter8.1)D4177PracticeforAutomaticSamplingofPetroleumandPetroleumProducts(APIMPMSChapter8.2)D5854PracticeforMixingandHandlingofLiquidSamplesofPetroleumandPetroleumProducts(APIMPMSChap-ter8.3)D7717PracticeforPreparingVolumetricBlendsofDena-turedFuelEthanolandGasolineBlendstocksforLabora-toryAnalysis2.2APIStandards:3MPMSChapter8.1—PracticeforManualSamplingofPe-troleumandPetroleumProducts(ASTMPracticeD4057)MPMSChapter8.2—PracticeforAutomaticSamplingofPetroleumandPetroleumProducts(ASTMPracticeD4177)MPMSChapter8.3—PracticeforMixingandHandlingofLiquidSamplesofPetroleumandPetroleumProducts(ASTMPracticeD5854)3.Ter...
