1、Designation:D722012(Reapproved 2017)Standard Test Method forSulfur in Automotive,Heating,and Jet Fuels byMonochromatic Energy Dispersive X-ray FluorescenceSpectrometry1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D7220;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforig
2、inal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This test method specifies an energy-dispersive X-rayfluorescence(EDXR
3、F)method for the determination of totalsulfur in automotive,No.2 heating,and jet fuels with aconcentration range of 3 mg kg to 942 mg kg.1.1.1 The pooled limit of quantitation of this test method asobtained by statistical analysis of inter laboratory test results is3 mg kg sulfur.1.1.2 This test met
4、hod is applicable to gasoline,oxygenenriched gasoline(RFG),diesel,diesel/biodiesel blends con-taining up to twenty volume percent biodiesel,kerosene,jetfuel,jet fuel/biodiesel blends containing up to five volumepercent biodiesel and No.2 home heating oil.1.2 Afundamental assumption in this test meth
5、od is that thestandard and sample matrix is well matched.Matrix mismatchcan be caused by C/H ratio differences between samples andstandards or by the presence of other heteroatoms.1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded asstandard.No other units of measurement are included in thisstanda
6、rd.1.3.1 The preferred concentration units are mg/kg sulfur.1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bili
7、ty of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.5 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued by the Worl
8、d Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum andPetroleum ProductsD4177 Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum andPetroleum ProductsD6299 Practice for Applying Statistical Quality Assuran
9、ceand Control Charting Techniques to Evaluate AnalyticalMeasurement System PerformanceD6300 Practice for Determination of Precision and BiasData for Use in Test Methods for Petroleum Products andLubricantsE29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data toDetermine Conformance with Specificati
10、ons3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 monochromatic X-radiation,nan incident X-raybeam on a sample having a selected photon energy with anarrow energy bandwidth of 65%relative to the selectedenergy.3.1.1.1 DiscussionMonochromatic X-ray radiation inEDXRF instrumentation can be obtained by using Bragg
11、 optics(at an angle of =45 6 5,in the low energy range).Braggoptics(monochromators)create very intense mono-energeticradiation.A combination of a selected X-ray tube(typically aPd or Ag anode)with a highly ordered pyrolytic graphite(HOPG)Bragg optic can be used to create monochromaticradiation of th
12、e characteristic radiation of the anode material ofthe X-ray tube.The use of such radiation for sample excitationresults in increased sensitivity for the determination of sulfur inpetroleum products.3.2 Abbreviations:3.2.1 DBSactual mass of Di-n-butyl sulfide,g3.2.2 Kcpskilo-counts per second.1This
13、test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 onPetroleum Products,Liquid Fuels,and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility ofSubcommittee D02.03 on Elemental Analysis.Current edition approved May 1,2017.Published July 2017.Originally approvedin 2006.Last previous edition approved
14、in 2012 as D7220 12.DOI:10.1520/D7220-12R17.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.Copyright ASTM Interna
15、tional,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides a
16、nd Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 3.2.3 EDXRFEnergy dispersive X-ray spectrometry3.2.4 PTFEPolytetrafluorethylene3.2.5 SDBSmass%of sulfur in Di-n-butyl sulfide,typi-cally 21.91%3.2.6 SStdmg/kg sulfur in the calibration standard3.2.7 SStockmg/kg of sulfur in the stock standard3.2.8 STKactual mass of stock standard,g4.Summary of Test Method4.1 The sample is placed in the monochromatic X-ray beam,and the peak area of the sulfur K l
