| Sl. No. | Characteristics | Unit | Method No. | Requirement | |
| Minimum | Maximum | ||||
| 1 | Appearance | Clear and bright Free from un dissolved water, foreign matter and other visible impurities. | |||
| 2 | Colour, Visual | Orange | |||
| 3 | Density at 15 °C | kg/m3 | IS 1448 [P: 16] /
ISO 3675/ D 4052/ ISO 12185 |
720 | 775 |
| 4 | Distillation: | IS 1448 [P: 18] /
ISO 3405/D 86 |
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| a. Percent evaporated at 70 °C (E 70) | % by Vol | 10
|
45
|
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| b. Percent evaporated at 70 °C (E 100) | % by Vol | 40 | 70 | ||
| c. Percent evaporated at 70 °C (E 150) | % by Vol | 75 | |||
| d. Final boiling point (FBP) | °C | 210£ | |||
| e. Residue | % by Vol | 2.0 | |||
| 5 | Research Octane Number (RON) | IS 1448 [P: 27]/
ASTM D2699 |
91* | ||
| 6 | Motor Octane Number (MON) | IS 1448 [P: 26]/
ASTM D 2700 |
81 | ||
| 7 | Gum content(Solvent washed) | g/m3 | IS 1448 [P: 29] | 40 | |
| 8 | Total Sulphur | mg/Kg | IS 1448 [P: 34]/ISO 20846/ISO 13032 20847/D2622/D5453 | 10** | |
| 9 | Lead content (as Pb) | g/l | IP 224/D5059 | 0.005 | |
| 10 | Reid vapour pressure (RVP) at 38 °C | KPa | IS 1448 [P: 39]/ ASTM D5191(Dry method)/EN 13016/ |
60 |
|
| 11 | Vapour lock index (VLI),(VLI=10RVP+7E70)
|
Summer
Other months
|
750
950 |
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| 12 | Benzene content | % by vol | ASTM D 3606/
ASTM D5580/D6839/ D 6730/ISO 22854 |
1 | |
| 13 | Copper strip corrosion for 3 h at 50 °C | IS 1448 [P:15]/ ASTM D130 | Not more than 1 | ||
| 14 | Water tolerance of gasoline-alcohol blends, temperature for phase separation °C
a) Winter b) Other month |
|
0 10 |
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| 15 | Engine Intake System Cleanliness | Report MFA used | |||
| 16 | Olefine Content | % by vol | IS 1448 [P:23]/ISO 22854/ASTM D1319/D6730/D6839 | 21 | |
| 17 | Oxidation stability | Minutes | IS 1448 [P:28]/ASTMD525/
IP 40 |
360 | |
| 18 | Aromatics content | % by vol | IS 1448 [P:23]/ASTM D1319/D6730/ISO 22854/D 6839/D 5580 | 35 | |
| 19 | Oxygen content | % by mass | EN 1601/IP 408/ASTM D4815/D 5599/D6839 | 3.7 | |
| 20
|
Ethanol content,
Motor gasoline |
% by mass | Annex C(water extraction/ASTM D4845/ASTM D 5599 | 5.0 | |
| 21
|
Oxygenates
a) Ethers containing 5 or more carbon atoms per molecule such as MTBE,ETBE or TAME b) Any other oxygenates |
% by vol | ASTM D4815 | 15
Not Permitted |
|
$Summer shall be the period from April to July
£Manufacturing Specification for FBP is 200 °C Max
*Manufacturing specification for RON is 91.6, Minimum for Multiproduct pipelines and 91.2, Minimum for Dedicated pipeline
**Manufacturing specification for Sulphur is 8 ppm Max
