Standard Specification for Butanol for Blending with Gasoline for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel

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14-04-2021

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American Society for Testing and Materials

1.1This specification covers butanol intended to be blended with gasoline at 1 % to 12.5 % by volume for use as an automotive spark-ignition engine fuel.

1.1.1Butanol contains 22 % by mass oxygen. The mass percent of oxygen of a butanol blend with gasoline depends on the volume percent of butanol blended, the density of the butanol isomer, and the density of the base blendstock.

1.1.2The maximum limit on blending is not a performance limit but a current regulatory limit in the United States.

1.2This specification covers three butanol isomers: 1-butanol, 2-butanol, and 2-methyl-1-propanol. This specification specifically excludes 2-methyl-2-propanol (that is, tert-butyl alcohol).

1.2.1Tert-butyl alcohol has different physical properties (melting point, water miscibility) than the other three isomers.

1.3The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.4This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

1.5This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

Committee	D 02
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	5
PublisherName	American Society for Testing and Materials
Status	Current
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