NOTE 1—With some types of fuel oils such as residual fuel oils or
distillate fuel oils containing residual components, it is difficult to obtain
water or sediment contents with this test method. When this situation is
encountered, Test Method D 95 (API MPMS Chapter 10.5) or Test Method
D 473 (API MPMS Chapter 10.1) may be used.
NOTE 2—API MPMS Chapter 10.6 (Test Method D 1796) along with
API MPMS Chapter 10.3 (Test Method D 4007) formerly superseded API
Standard 2548.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information
only.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the