ASTM Volume 05.04

Published annually, this is the 2024 edition. The next edition is expected March 2025.

This volume contains 168 standards.

Volumes 05.01 through 05.05 provide over 750 standards that cover fuels, oils, lubricants, and solvents. They address alternative diesel fuels and diesel fuel blend components, (including biodiesel), ethanol, and ethanol blends. They also feature standards for evaluating the properties of motor, diesel, automotive spark-ignition engine fuel, ethanol, aviation fuels, solvent hexane, and naphtha.

Standards cover carbon residue, viscosity, cloud point, density, flash point, and sulfur content. Other subjects include natural and liquefied petroleum, pure light hydrocarbons, crude petroleum, wax and petrolatum, and hydraulic fluids.

Also includes standards for evaluating the properties of film lubricants, lubricating greases, lubricating oil, used oils, cutting oils, turbine oils, and engine tests (octane and cetane numbers).