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AMENDMENT NO. 1 JUNE 2017

TO
IS 1459 : 2016 KEROSENE — SPECIFICATION
(Third Revision)

[Page 1, clause 2, 1448 [P : 25] : 1976] — Delete.

(Page 1, clause 2) — Insert the following after ISO 8754 : 2003 Petroleum
products — Determination of sulfur content — Energydispersive X-ray
fluorescence spectrometry:

IS No./International Title
Standard
1448 Methods of test for petroleum and its products
[P:16] Crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products —
Laboratory determination of density—Hydrometer
method
[P:34] Determination of sulphur in petroleum products (lamp
(second revision)
ISO 2160 Petroleum products — Corrosiveness to copper —
Copper strip test.
ISO 3014 Petroleum products — Determination of the smoke
point of kerosene
ISO 3405 Petroleum products — Determination of distillation
characteristics at atmospheric pressure
ISO 6618 Petroleum products and lubricants — Determination of
acid or base number — Colour-indicator titration
method
ISO 8754 Petroleum products — Determination of sulfur content
— Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
ISO 12185 Crude petroleum and petroleum products —
Determination of density — Oscillating U-tube method
ISO 13736 Determination of flash point — Abel closed-cup
method
ASTM D 86 Standard test method for distillation of petroleum
products
ASTM D 130 Standard test method for corrosiveness to copper from
petroleum products by copper strip test

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IS No./International Title
Standard
ASTM D 156 Saybolt colour of petroleum products (saybolt
chromometer method)
ASTM D 974 Standard test method for acid and base number by
colour-indicator titration
ASTM D 1298 Density, relative density or API gravity of crude
petroleum and liquid petroleum products by hydrometer
method
ASTM D 1322 Standard test method for smoke point of kerosine and
aviation turbine fuel
ASTM D 2622 Standard test method for sulfur in petroleum products by
wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometry
ASTM D 4052 Density, relative density and API gravity of liquids by
digital density meter
ASTM D 4294 Standard test method for sulfur in petroleum and
petroleum products by energy dispersive x-ray
fluorescence spectrometry
ASTM D 5453 Standard test method for determination of total sulfur in
light hydrocarbons, spark ignition engine fuel, diesel
engine fuel, and engine oil by ultraviolet fluorescence
IP 10 Determination of kerosine burning characteristics — 24
hour method
IP 139 Petroleum products and lubricants — Determination of
acid and base number by colour-indicator titration
IP 154 Petroleum products Corrosiveness to copper — Copper
strip test
IP 170 Determination of flash point — Abel closed-cup method
IP 598 Petroleum products — Determination of the smoke point
of kerosene,manual and automated method

[Page 2, Table 1] — Substitute the following for the existing Table 1:

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Table 1 Requirements of Kerosene

(Clause 3.2)
Sl No. Charecteristic Requirement Test Method5),
Ref to [P:] of IS 1448/
ISO/ASTM/IP/
Annex IS 1459
(1) (2) (3) (4)
i) Acidity, inorganic Nil ISO 6618/ASTM D9741)/
IP 139
ii) Burning quality2) [P : 5]1)/IP 10
a) Char value, mg/kg of oil consumed, 20
Max
b) Bloom on glass chimney Not darker than
grey
iii) Colour3)
a) Saybolt (in case of undyed 10 [P : 14]1)/ASTM D 156
kerosene), Min
b) Visual (in case of dyed kerosene) Blue Visual/Annex A1)
iv) Copper strip corrosion for 3 h at 50°C Not worse than [P : 15]1)/ ISO 2160/
No. 1 ASTM D 130 / IP 154
v) Density at 15°C,kg/m3 Not limited, but to [P : 16]1)/ISO
be reported 12185/ASTM D 1298/
ASTM D 4052
vi) Distillation [P : 18]1)/ISO 3405/
ASTM D 86
a) Percent recovered upto 200°C, 20
percent (v/v), Min
b) Final boiling point, °C, Max 300
vii) Flash point ( Abel), °C, Min 35 [P : 20]1)/ISO 13736/IP
170
viii) Smoke point4),mm, Min 18 P :31/ISO 30141)/ASTM
D1322/IP 598
ix) Total sulphur content, percent, m/m, Max 0.20 [P : 34]/ISO 87541) /ASTM
D4294/ASTM D
2622/ASTM D 5453
1)
In case of dispute, this shall be the referee method.
2)
This test is to be done at refinery end.
3)
Where Saybolt chromo meter is not available, Lovibond colour of the sample kept in an 18”
cell may be measured according to IS 1448: [P-13] in which case the colour shall not be deeper
than standard white (IP 4.0). However, in case of dispute [P:14] shall be referee method.
4)
For supplies to Defence and Railways signal lamps the smoke point of the product shall be
22 mm, Min.
5)
Latest version to be used for all test methods mentioned in the above table.

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[Page 3, Annex A, Title] — Substitute ‘UV-Visible’ for ‘UV’.

[Page 3, clause A-3.1] — Substitute ‘UV-Visible’ for ‘Ultraviolet’.

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