Manual 37 is a comprehensive, in-depth, well-referenced handbook that provides a detailed overview of ALL of the important ASTM and non-ASTM fuels and lubricants test procedures. Readers will get a thorough overview of the application-related properties being tested and an extensive discussion of the principles behind the tests and their relationship to the properties themselves.
The information is subdivided into four sections: Petroleum Refining Processes for Fuels and Lubricant Basestocks; Fuels; Hydrocarbons and Synthetic Lubricants; and Performance/Property Testing Procedures.
Thirty-eight chapters cover:
Overview of petroleum oil refining processes
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
Aviation, automotive diesel, non-aviation gas turbine, and marine fuels
Gasoline and oxygenated fuel blends
Petroleum hydrocarbons base oil chemistry
Synthetic hydrocarbons
Environmentally-friendly fluids, including those formulated from vegetable oil and synthetic ester basestocks
Lubricating oils for turbines, compressors (industrial and refrigeration), gears, and automotive applications
Metalworking fluids
Petroleum waxes
Lubricating greases
Oils used in non-lubricating applications, such as heat transfer fluids and metal quenchants
Static petroleum measurement, volatility, elemental analysis, fuel combustion characteristics, oxidation, corrosion, and viscosity
Properties of coke, petroleum pitch, and carbon materials
Hydrocarbon structural analysis procedures
Lubrication and wear
Environmental and toxicity testing
Statistical quality assurance testing procedures