Minimum requirements for unleaded gasoline fuel - BB00.40-P-0122-02A
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Excerpt from DIN EN 228, June 2004
| Characteristics | Requests | Test method | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium (plus) | Regular | |||||||
| Density | at 15°C | kg/m3 | 720-775 | ISO 3675 | ||||
| Knock resistance | # | RON | min. | 95.0 [98.0] | 91, 0 | Pr EN ISO 5164 | ||
| MON | min. | 85.0 [88.0] | 82, 0 | Pr EN ISO 5163 | ||||
| Lead content | g/l | max. | 0, 005 | EN 237 | ||||
| Boiling characteristics | up to 70°C vol % | Summer | 20-48 | ISO 3405 | ||||
| Winter | 22-50 | |||||||
| Transitional period | 20-50 | |||||||
| Summer | 46-71 | |||||||
| up to 100°C vol % | Winter | min. | ||||||
| min. | 75 | |||||||
| up to 150°C vol % | °C | max. | 210 | |||||
| Final boiling point | vol % | max. | 2 | |||||
| Distillation deposit | ||||||||
| Vapor pressure DVPE | Summer | kPa | 45-60 | prEN 13016-1 | ||||
| Winter | kPa | 60-90 | ||||||
| Transitional period | kPa | 60-90 | ||||||
| Vapor lock index | Transitional period | max. | 1150 | (10 VP + 7 E70) | ||||
| Solid residue from evaporation | mg/100 ml | max. | 5 | EN ISO 6246 | ||||
| Benzene content | vol % | max. | 1 | EN 238 | ||||
| Level of hydrocarbon groups | Olefines | vol % | max. | 18 | 21 (18)* | ASTM D 1319 (mod.) | ||
| Aromatics | vol % | max. | 42 (35)* | |||||
| Sulfur content | percent by weight | max. | (0.005)* | EN 24260 EN ISO 14596 |
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| Corrosive effect on copper | Degree of corrosion | max. | 1 | ISO 2160 | ||||
| Oxidation stability | Minutes | min. | 360 | ISO 7536 | ||||
| Organic compounds containing oxygen | Methanol (MEOH) | vol % | max. | 3 | EN 13132 | |||
| Ethanol (ETOH) | vol % | max. | 5 | |||||
| 2 Propanol (IPA) | vol % | max. | 10 | |||||
| 2-Methyl-2-propanol (TBA) | vol % | max. | 7 | |||||
| 2 Methyl-1-propanol (IBA) | vol % | max. | 10 | |||||
| Ether with min. 5 C atoms | vol % | max. | 15 | |||||
| Miscellaneous organic compounds containing oxygen | vol % | max. | 10 | |||||
| Oxygen content in organic compounds | percent by weight | max. | 2, 7 | |||||
#Comment: When using the 2002 standard draft, the knock test result has to have 0.2 units subtracted.
* as of 1.1.2005: 0.005 or 0.001, as of 1.1.2009: 0.001 % by weight.