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5.2 Calculated Relative Density (see Test Method D 1657): hydrocarbon Compounds).3
5.2.1 Calculate the relative mass of each component in the 5.3.1 Calculate the partial motor octane number of each
component in the mixture to the nearest 0.1 MON as follows:
mixture as follows:
Partial motor octane number of component 5 ~m 3 C!/100 (3)
Relative mass of component 5 ~sg8 3 C!/100 (2)
where:
where: m = motor octane number of component (see Table 1), and
sg8 = relative density of the pure component at 15.6°C C = liquid volume percent of component in mixture.
(60°F) (see Table 1), and 5.3.2 Add the partial motor octane numbers of all compo-
C = liquid volume percent of component in the mixture. nents and round the total to the nearest one-half number. The
5.2.2 Add the relative mass of all components, rounding the total is reported as the calculated motor octane number of the
total to three decimal places. The total is reported as the mixture.
relative density of the mixture. 6. Keywords
5.3 Calculated Motor Octane Number (see ASTM Data 6.1 liquified petroleum gases; motor octane; relative den-
Series DS 4B, Physical Constants of Hydrocarbons and Non- sity; vapor pressure
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