1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers xylenes for p -xylene feedstock. These xylenes typically are extracted from reformate.

1.2 The following applies to all specified limits in this specification: for purposes of determining conformance with this specification, an observed value or calculated value shall be rounded off 'to the nearest unit' in the last right hand digit used in expressing the specification limit, in accordance with the rounding-off method of Practice E 29.

1.3 Consult current OSHA regulations, suppliers' Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and local regulations for all materials used in this specification.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D850 Test Method for Distillation of Industrial Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Materials

D1209 Test Method for Color of Clear Liquids (Platinum-Cobalt Scale)

D3437 Practice for Sampling and Handling Liquid Cyclic Products

D5194 Test Method for Trace Chloride in Liquid Aromatic Hydrocarbons

D5386 Test Method for Color of Liquids Using Tristimulus Colorimetry

D5808 Test Method for Determining Chloride in Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals by Microcoulometry

D6069 Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Combustion and Reduced Pressure Chemiluminescence Detection

D6563 Test Method for Benzene, Toluene, Xylene (BTX) Concentrates Analysis by Gas Chromatography

D7183 Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals by Ultraviolet Fluorescence

D7184 Test Method for Ultra Low Nitrogen in Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Combustion and Reduced Pressure Chemiluminescence Detection

D7359 Test Method for Total Fluorine, Chlorine and Sulfur in Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Mixtures by Oxidative Pyrohydrolytic Combustion followed by Ion Chromatography Detection (Combustion Ion Chromatography-CIC)

D7504 Test Method for Trace Impurities in Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Gas Chromatography and Effective Carbon Number

D7536 Test Method for Chlorine in Aromatics by Monochromatic Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

Keywords

feedstock; p -xylene; xylenes;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 71.080.15 (Aromatic hydrocarbons)

DOI: 10.1520/D5211-06

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