ButWhat about Simulated
Distillation?
Status of ASTM’s ProposedStandardMethod: “
BoilingRange
Distributionof PetroleumDistillatesWithFinal BoilingPoints up to
535°CbyUltraFast GasChromatography (UFGC
)”
draft authorsBostic,
DiSanzo, Lubkowitz
ASTMD2.04members
reviewed thedraft and voted before the12/5/2011meeting
voted to submit correctedmethod (text and table) for
concurrent
balloting
by both the subcommittee and theD2 committee before the6/25/2012
meeting
Anaffirmative vote is likely, confirming the
draft
as a
standardmethod
.
Here are current results demonstrating conformancewith theexistingD-
2887 requirements.
(Repeatability&Reproducibility requirementswill be the same for thenewmethodbut require<5minuteanalysis time)
