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TABLE 3.20
ASTM Chart of Fuel Oil Properties
Grade of Fuel No.1 No.2 No.4 No. SLight No. SHeavy No.6
Popular Light Medium Heavy
designation BunkerC
Usage Domestic Domestic Industry
Flash point 38 38 55 55 55 65
(min) °C
Pour point 0 -7 -7
(max) °C
Water and Trace <0.1 <0.5 <1.0 <1.0 <2.0
sediment
volume(%)
C residue on 10% <0.15 <0.35
bottoms (%)
Ash(%) 0.1 0.1 0.1
bywt
(max)
Distillation
temperatures 282-338
10% point C <215
90%pointC <288
Viscosity range
SSU at 38°C 45-125 150-300 350-750 900-9000
Seconds Saybolt 23-40 45-300
Furol at 50°C
API gravity (min) 35 30
Sulfur (max) 0.5 0.7 No limit No limit No limit No limit
%0.5
Note: Although the specific gravities of Grades 1 and 2 are specified, for Grades 4-6 they are not specified as they
vary with the source of crude and extent of cracking and distillation.

TABLE 3.21
Analyses of Fuel Oils
No.1 No.2 No.4 No.S No.6
Ultimate analysis
(wt%)
coJ /"1/"11
u.U.l.-U.J
() I::
0.05-1 0.2-2 0.5-3 0.7-3.5
H2 13.3--14.1 11.8-13.9 10.6-13 10.5-12 9.5-12
C 85.9-6.7 86.1-88.2 86.5-89.2 86.5-89.2 86.5-90.2
N2 0-0.1 0-0.10
°2
Ash 0-0.1 0-0.1 0.01-0.5
Other properties
API gravity 40-44 28-40 15-30 14-22 7-22
Pour point (oq -18 to -45 -18 to -40 -23 to +10 -23 to +27 -9 to +30
Calorific value
GCV (kcal/kg) 10,930-11,030 10,650-10,970 10,155-10,777 10,555-10,565 9,670-10,550