Designation:D3328−06(Reapproved2013)StandardTestMethodsforComparisonofWaterbornePetroleumOilsbyGasChromatography1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3328;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversthecomparisonofpetroleumoilsrecoveredfromwaterorbeacheswithoilsfromsuspectsourcesbymeansofgaschromatography(1,2,3).2Suchoilsincludedistillatefuel,lubricatingoil,andcrudeoil.Thetestmethoddescribedisforcapillarycolumnanalysesusingeithersingledetection(flameionization)ordualdetection(flameionizationandflamephotometric)forsulfurcontainingspe-cies.1.2Thistestmethodprovideshighresolutionforcriticalexaminationoffinestructurethatisresistanttoweathering.Theflame-photometricdetectionforsulfurcomponentsisanadjunct,notasubstitute,forflame-ionizationdetectionintheidentificationofwaterbornepetroleumoils(4-12).Forthisreason,flamephotometricdetectionisoptional.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappropriatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:3D1129TerminologyRelatingtoWaterD1193SpecificationforReagentWaterD2549TestMethodforSeparationofRepresentativeAro-maticsandNonaromaticsFractionsofHigh-BoilingOilsbyElutionChromatographyD3325PracticeforPreservationofWaterborneOilSamplesD3326PracticeforPreparationofSamplesforIdentificationofWaterborneOilsD3415PracticeforIdentificationofWaterborneOilsD4489PracticesforSamplingofWaterborneOilsD5739PracticeforOilSpillSourceIdentificationbyGasChromatographyandPositiveIonElectronImpactLowResolutionMassSpectrometryE355PracticeforGasChromatographyTermsandRelation-ships3.Terminology3.1Definitions—Fordefinitionsoftermsusedin...