ISO 8217:1996(E)

Table 1: Requirements for marine distillate fuels:

Characteristic	ISO Test Method Reference	Methods Used By VLC
Appearance	Visual	Visual
Density at 15(C, kg/m3	ISO 3675 or ISO 12185	ISO 3675 or ISO 12185
Viscosity at 40(C, mm2/s 2)	ISO 3104

ISO 3104	ISO 3104

ISO 3104
Flash Point, (C	ISO 2719	ISO 2719
Pour Point (upper), (C 3)

-- winter quality

-- summer quality

ISO 3016

ISO 3016

ISO 3016

ISO 3016
Cloud Point, (C	ISO 3015	ISO 3015
Sulfur, % (m/m)	ISO 8754	ISO 8754
Cetane Number	ISO 5165	ISO 5165
Carbon residue [micro method, 10% (V/V) distillation bottoms], % (m/m)

Carbon residue [micro method], % (m/m)	ISO 10370

ISO 10370	ISO 10370

ISO 10370
Ash, % (m/m)	ISO 6245	ISO 6245
Sediment, % (m/m)	ISO 3735	ISO 3735
Total existent sediment, % (m/m)	ISO 10307-1	ISO 10307-1
Water, % (V/V)	ISO 3733	ISO 3733
Vanadium, mg/kg	ISO 14597	ISO 14597
Aluminum plus silicon, mg/kg	ISO 10478	ISO 10478

ISO 8217:1996(E)

Dr.Ramarathnam Visweswaran

2000-08-22

Dr.Vis

Viswa Lab Corporation