1、Designation:D1555M16Standard Test Method forCalculation of Volume and Weight of Industrial AromaticHydrocarbons and Cyclohexane Metric1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D1555M;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of
2、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.Scope*1.1 This standard is for use in calculating the weight andvolume of benzene,toluene,mixed xylenes,styrene
3、,ortho-xylene,meta-xylene,para-xylene,cumene,ethylbenzene,148.9 to 176.7C and 176.7 to 204.4C aromatic hydrocarbons,and cyclohexane.Amethod is given for calculating the volumeat 15C and 20C from an observed volume at tC.Table 1 liststhe density in Vacuo at 60F for chemicals used to develop therelati
4、onship.Densities(or weights)“in vacuo”represent thetrue density(or weight)if measured in a vacuum without thebuoyancy effect of air acting on the liquid.It is representativeof the actual amount of product present.Densities(or weights)“in air”represent what would actually be measured on a scale.The d
5、ifference is on the order of 0.13%.Modern densitometersmeasure density in vacuo and the ASTM recommends the useof in vacuo densities(or weights).1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded asstandard.No other units of measurement are included in thisstandard.1.2.1 A complete inch-pound unit
6、 companion standard hasbeen developed in Test Method D1555.1.3 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-bilit
7、y of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.4 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 World
8、 Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D1217 Test Method for Density and Relative Density(Spe-cific Gravity)of Liquids by Bingham PycnometerD1555 Test Method for Calculation of Volume and Weightof Industrial Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Cy
9、clohexaneD3505 Test Method for Density or Relative Density of PureLiquid ChemicalsD4052 Test Method for Density,Relative Density,and APIGravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter2.2 Other Documents:American Petroleum Society Research Project 443Patterson,J.B.,and Morris,E.C.,Metrologia,31,1994,pp.2
10、77-288TRC Thermodynamic TablesHydrocarbons,NSRDS-NIST 75-121,Supplement No.121,April 30,200143.Significance and Use3.1 This test method is suitable for use in calculatingweights and volumes of the products outlined in Section 1.Theinformation presented in this method can be used for deter-mining qua
11、ntities of the above-stated aromatic hydrocarbons intanks,shipping containers,etc.4.Basic Data4.1 Densities of materials should be determined by mea-surement(see Section 7).Densities of pure materials at 60Fmay be estimated from densities furnished by NSRDS-NIST75-121(National Standard Reference Dat
12、a SeriesNationalInstitute of Standards and Technology).4.2 The VCF(Volume Correction Factor)equations pro-vided below are derived from the Volume Correction imple-mentation procedures presented in Method D1555.1This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D16 onAromatic,Industrial,Sp
13、ecialty and Related Chemicals and is the direct responsi-bility of Subcommittee D16.01 on Benzene,Toluene,Xylenes,Cyclohexane andTheir Derivatives.Current edition approved Nov.1,2016.Published April 2017.Originallyapproved in 1993.Last previous edition approved in 2008 as D1555M 081.DOI:10.1520/D155
14、5M-16.2For 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.3“Selected Values of Properties of Hydrocarbons and Related
15、Compounds,”prepared by American Petroleum Institute Research Project 44 at the ChemicalThermodynamics Center,Department of Chemistry,Texas A&M,College Station,TX.4Available from National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST),100Bureau Dr.,Stop 1070,Gaithersburg,MD 20899-1070,http:/www.nist.gov
16、.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,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 and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 4.3 The fo