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IP 219: Petroleum products - Determination of cloud point

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  • Method adopted/last revised:
  • Method reapproved: 2020
  • REF/ISBN:
  • Status: Current
  • First printed in STM books: 1994

This document specifies a method for the determination of the cloud point of petroleum products which are transparent in layers 40 mm in thickness and have a cloud point below 49 °C, amongst which are diesel fuels with up to 30 % (V/V) of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME)[2], paraffinic diesel fuels with up to 7 % (V/V) FAME[3], 100 % FAME[5] and lubricants. NOTE For the purposes of this document, the term “% (V/V)” is used to represent the volume
fraction (j) of a material.

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