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APPENDIX 1<br />

Table A3.1 Australian diesel - product characteristics summary - 1998<br />

<strong>Fuel</strong> parameter<br />

Sample size<br />

(n)<br />

Standard<br />

deviation<br />

Mini<br />

mum<br />

Maxi<br />

mum<br />

Avera<br />

ge<br />

Ash, mass % 49 0.001 0.000 0.010 0.001<br />

CFPP, deg C: Summer 37 2.174 -7 2 -1<br />

CFPP, deg C: Winter 53 0.643 -5 -2 -4<br />

Cetane Index 2031 3.287 43.0 64.0 51.4<br />

Cloud Pt, deg C: Summer 756 3.021 -18 14 4.7<br />

Cloud Pt, deg C: Winter 510 2.673 -6 14 1<br />

Copper strip, 3h @ 150C 1238 1a 2a 1a<br />

Density, @ 15C, kg/L 2036 0.0087 0.8122 0.8731 0.8462<br />

Distillation:<br />

50% recov’d, deg C 1447 5.813 233.1 300.0 277.7<br />

90% recov’d, deg C 2036 8.194 257.0 379.7 334.4<br />

95% recov’d, deg C 1324 7.728 318.5 384.2 352.8<br />

Flash Pt, PM, deg C 2032 6.845 59.0 105.0 79.7<br />

Oxidation Stab., 4/48h, mg/L 48 4.782 0.0 18.0 3.4<br />

10% Distillation residue, % mass 56 0.0215 0.0000 0.1400 0.0437<br />

Water & sediment, % mass 769 0.0096 0.0000 0.0500 0.0092<br />

Sulfur, % mass 2035 0.081 0.01 0.55 0.13<br />

Viscosity @ 40C, cSt 54 0.283 2.18 4.00 3.24<br />

Source: Australian Institute of Petroleum, 1999

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