ASTM, GPA, and UOP Methods
The energy and petrochemicals industries largely relies on methods from organizations such as ASTM International, GPA, and UOP to ensure compliance and conformity between laboratories. Here, you will find data generated on Shimadzu’s range of instrument specific to these methods.
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ASTM Methods
| ASTM Method |
Title | Instrument Line |
Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| D2887 | Boiling Range Distribution of Petroleum Fractions by Gas Chromatography | System GC | |
| D3524 | Diesel Fuel Diluent in Used Diesel Engine Oils by Gas Chromatography | GC | Application Note - ASTM D3524 - Testing the Dilution Rate of Diesel in Used Engine Oil |
| D3525 | Gasoline Diluent in Used Gasoline Engine Oils by Gas Chromatography | GC | Application Note - ASTM D3525 - Testing the Dilution Rate of Gasoline in Used Engine Oil |
| D3612 | Analysis of Gases Dissolved in Electrical Insulating Oil by Gas Chromatography | System GC | |
| D4294 | Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry | X-ray | Application Note - ASTM D4294 - ISO 8754 - Determination of sulfur in petroleum products by EDXRF |
| Determination of Additive Elements in Lubricating Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry | ICP | Application Note - ASTM D4951 - Determination of additives in lubricating oils by ICP-OES | |
| D5185 | Multielement Determination of Used and Unused Lubricating Oils and Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) | ICP | Application Note - ASTM D5185 - Additive elements, wear metals, and contaminants in used lubricating oil |
| D5307 | Determination of Boiling Range Distribution of Crude Petroleum by Gas Chromatography | System GC | |
| D5501 | Determination of Ethanol and Methanol Content in Fuels Containing Greater then 20% Ethanol by Gas Chromatography | GC | Application Note - ASTM D5501 - Determination of ethanol content of denatured fuel ethanol |
| D5504 | Determination of Sulfur Compounds in Natural Gas and Gaseous Fuels by Gas Chromatography and Chemiluminescence | System GC | |
| D5580 | Determination of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, p/m-Xylene, o-Xylene, C9 and Heavier Aromatics, and Total Aromatics in Finished Gasoline by Gas Chromatography | System GC | Poster - ASTM D5580 - Combining ASTM D5580 and CAN/CGSB-3.0 for detailed hydrocarbon analysis (DHA) |
| D5623 | Sulfur Compounds in Light Petroleum Liquids by Gas Chromatography and Sulfur Selective Detection | GC | Application Note - ASTM D5623 - GC-SCD for sulfur in light hydrocarbon liquids |
| D5769 | Determination of Benzene, Toluene, and Total Aromatics in Finished Gasolines by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry | GC/MS | Poster - ASTM D5769 - Improvement of ASTM D5769 by GCMS high-concentration tuning and automated data processing |
| D5837 | Furanic Compounds in Electrical Insulating Liquids by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography | HPLC | Application Note - ASTM D5837 - Analysis of Furanic Compounds in Insulator Oil by HPLC |
| D6379 | Determination of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Types in Aviation Fuels Petroleum Distillates - High Performance Liquid Chromatography Method with Refractive Index Detection | HPLC | |
| D6584 | Determination of Total Monoglycerides, Total Diglycerides, Total Triglycerides, and Free and Total Glycerin in B-100 Biodiesel Methyl Esters by Gas Chromatography | GC | Application Note - ASTM D6584 - Free and total glycerines in biodiesel |
| D6591 | Determination of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Types in Middle Distillates - High Performance Liquid Chromatography Method with Refractive Index Detection | HPLC | Application Note – Determination of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Diesel Fuel by LC-RID According to ASTM D6591 |
| D7011 | Determination of Trace Thiophene in Refined Benzene by Gas Chromatography and Sulfur Selective Detection | GC | |
| D7319 | Determination of Existent and Potential Sulfate and Inorganic Chloride in Fuel Ethanol and Butanol by Injection Supressed Ion Chromatography | HPLC | Application Note - ASTM D7319 - Determination of sulfate and chloride in fuel ethanol by ion chromatography |
| D7500 | Determination of Boiling Range Distribution and Lubricating Base Oils - in Boiling Range from 100° C to 735° C by Gas Chromatography | System GC | |
| D7575 | Solvent-Free Membrane Recoverable Oil and Grease by Infrared Determination | FTIR | Application Note - ASTM D7575 - Solvent-free quantification of oil and grease in water using FTIR |
| D7593 | Determination of Fuel Dilution for In-Service Engine Oils by Gas Chromatography | GC | |
| D7833 | Determination of Hydrocarbons and Non-Hydrocarbon Gases in Gaseous Mixtures by Gas Chromatography | System GC | Applicated GC System - Refinery Gas Analysis |
| E2412 | Condition Monitoring of In-Service Lubricants by Trend Analysis Using Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectrometry | FTIR |
UOP Methods
| UOP Method |
Title | Instrument Line |
Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| UOP 960 | Trace Oxygenated Hydrocarbons in Liquid Hydrocarbon Streams by GC | System GC | Application Note - UOP 960 - Trace oxygenated hydrocarbons by multidimensional GC |