1、Designation:D155509Standard Test Method forCalculation of Volume and Weight of Industrial AromaticHydrocarbons and Cyclohexane1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D1555;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,
2、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.This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.1.Scope*1.1 This standard is for use in c
3、alculating the weight andvolume of benzene,toluene,mixed xylenes,styrene,ortho-xylene,meta-xylene,para-xylene,cumene,ethylbenzene,300to 350F and 350 to 400F aromatic hydrocarbons,andcyclohexane.A method is given for calculating the volume at60F from an observed volume at tF.Table 1 lists the density
4、in pounds per gallon at 60F for high purity chemicals.1.2 Calculated results shall be rounded off in accordancewith the rounding-off method of Practice E29.1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard.No other units of measurement are included in thisstandard.1.3.1 A compl
5、ete SI unit companion standard has beendeveloped in Test Method D1555M.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 a
6、pplica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D1217 Test Method for Density and Relative Density(Spe-cific Gravity)of Liquids by Bingham PycnometerD1555M Test Method for Calculation of Volume and Weightof Industrial Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Cyclohexa
7、neMetricD3505 Test Method for Density or Relative Density of PureLiquid ChemicalsD4052 Test Method for Density,Relative Density,and APIGravity of Liquids by Digital Density MeterE29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data toDetermine Conformance with Specifications2.2 Other Documents:Amer
8、ican Petroleum Society Research Project 443Patterson,J.B.,and Morris,E.C.Metrologia,31,1994,pp.277-288NSRDS-NIST 75-121 TRC Thermodynamic TablesHydrocarbons,Supplement No.121,April 30,200143.Significance and Use3.1 This test method is suitable for use in calculatingweights and volumes of the product
9、s outlined in Section 1.Theinformation presented in this method can be used for deter-mining quantities of the above-stated aromatic hydrocarbons intanks,shipping containers,etc.4.Basic Data4.1 Densities of pure materials at 60F are derived fromdensities furnished by NSRDS-NIST 75-121(National Stan-
10、dard Reference Data SeriesNational Institute of Standardsand Technology).Densities of impure materials should bedetermined by actual measurement(see Section 7).4.2 The VCF(Volume Correction Factor)equations pro-vided below were derived from the Volume Correction Tablespresented in the previous editi
11、on of this standard,MethodD1555-95.Although reported as based on the AmericanPetroleum Institute Research Project 44,the actual documen-tation that could be found is incomplete.As regression of theNIST data(Appendix X1)provided VCFs that differ from thehistorical VCFs by only 0 to 6 0.12%(depending
12、on thecompound),the decision was made to use the previous meth-ods VCF tables.1This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D16 onAromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals and is the direct responsibility ofSubcommittee D16.01 on Benzene,Toluene,Xylenes,Cyclohexane and TheirDerivat
13、ives.Current edition approved June 1,2009.Published July 2009.Originally approvedin 1957.Last previous edition approved in 2004 as D1555 04a.DOI:10.1520/D1555-09.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of A
14、STMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3“Selected Values of Properties of Hydrocarbons and Related Compounds,”prepared by American Petroleum Institute Research Project 44 at the ChemicalThermodynamics Center,Department of Chemistry,Texas A&M,C
15、ollege Station,TX.4Available from National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST),100Bureau Dr.,Stop 1070,Gaithersburg,MD 20899-1070,http:/www.nist.gov.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohock
16、en,PA 19428-2959.United States1 4.3 The VCF tables were regressed with a commerciallyavailable data regression program(TableCurve 2D V4).How-ever,any modern regression program should produce the sameresults.4.4 The former VCF tables were based on data for com-pounds of the highest purity,but were reported to be usable formaterials in the ranges indicated in Table 2.The data support-ing this conclusion appears to be unavailable at the presenttime;however there is no reason to change this recommen
