ASTM D7566 : 12a

Part 1—Basic Requirements

Property

Jet A or Jet A-1

Test Method^B

COMPOSITION

Acidity, total mg KOH/g

Max

0.10

D3242 / IP 354

Aromatics: One of the following requirements shall be met:

1. Aromatics, vol %

Max

25

D1319 or IP 156

2. Aromatics, vol %

Max

26.5

D6379 / IP 436

Sulfur, mercaptan,^C mass %

Max

0.003

D3227 / IP 342

Sulfur, total mass %

Max

0.30

D1266, D2622, D4294, D5453, or IP 336

VOLATILITY

Distillation

D2887 / IP 406^D or D86^E or IP 123^E

Distillation temperature, °C:

 10 % recovered, temperature (T10)

Max

205

 50 % recovered, temperature (T50)

report

 90 % recovered, temperature (T90)

report

 Final boiling point, temperature

Max

300

Distillation residue, %

Max

1.5

Distillation loss, %

Max

1.5

Flash point, °C

Min

38^F

D56 or D3828^G, IP 170^G or IP 523^G

Density at 15°C, kg/m³

775 to 840

D1298 / IP 160 or D4052 or IP 365

FLUIDITY

Freezing point, °C

Max

–40 Jet A^H

D5972 / IP 435, D7153 / IP 529, D7154 / IP 528, or D2386 / IP 16

–47 Jet A-1^H

Viscosity –20°C, mm²/s^I

Max

8.0

D445 / IP 71, Section 1

COMBUSTION

Net heat of combustion, MJ/kg

Min

42.8^J

D4529, D3338, D4809 or IP 12

One of the following requirements shall be met:

 (1) Smoke point, mm, or

Min

25

D1322 / IP 57

 (2) Smoke point, mm, and

Min

18

D1322 / IP 57

    Naphthalenes, vol, %

Max

3.0

D1840

CORROSION

Copper strip, 2 h at 100°C

Max

No. 1

D130 / IP 154

THERMAL STABILITY

2.5 h at control temperature of 260°C, min

D3241 / IP 323

 Filter pressure drop, mm Hg

Max

25

 Tube deposits less than

3^K

No peacock or
abnormal color deposits

CONTAMINANTS

Existent gum, mg/100 mL

Max

7

D381, IP 540

Microseparometer,^L Rating

D3948

 Without electrical conductivity additive

Min

85

 With electrical conductivity additive

Min

70

ADDITIVES

See 6.3

Electrical conductivity, pS/m

^M

D2624 / IP 274

Part 2—Extended Requirements

Property

Jet A or Jet A-1

Test Method^B

COMPOSITION

Aromatics: One of the following requirements shall be met:

1. Aromatics, vol %

Min^N,O

8

D1319 or IP 156

2. Aromatics, vol %

Min^N,O

8.4

D6379 / IP 436

Distillation

D2887 / IP 406^D, D86^E or IP 123<

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