WATER AND SEDIMENT IN FUEL OILS: ASTM D1796
(Equivalent Test Methods: IP 75, ISO 3734, DIN 51793, and AFNOR M07-020)
TEST SUMMARY
This test method is valid in the range from 0 to 30 % by volume. Equal volumes of fuel oil and water saturated toluene are placed in each of the two cone shaped centrifuges. After centrifugation for 10 min at a rate to give between 500 and 800 relative centrifugal force (rcf), the volume of the higher gravity water and sediment layer at the bottom of the tube is read.

TEST PRECISION
See the test precision below.


The bias of this test method has not been determined.