Reaffirmed 2023

1. SCOPE

1.1 This standard [P : 43] covers the test method for the determination of the bromine number of liquid petroleum products substantially free from butanes and butenes. It is generally applicable to liquid petroleum products that fall in the following limits:

NOTE - These limits are imposed since true precision of the method has been determined only up to these bromine numbers.

1.1.1 The bromine number does not correspond necessarily to a true content of un saturates, since sulphur compounds and certain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are reported to react with bromine.

1.2 The reported behavior of the main hydrocarbon types is as follows:

2. REFERENCES

The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on the standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below:

695 : 1986 Specification for acetic acid (third revision)

1448 [ P : 44 ] : 2013/ISO 3839 : 1996 Methods of test for petroleum and its products: Part 44 Determination of bromine number of distillates and aliphatic olefine - Electrometric method