Automotive Diesel Fuel, EURO IV/ Bharat Stage IV

Sl.
No.

Characteristics

1
2

Acidity, inorganic
Acidity, Total

Ash

Carbon residue (Rams bottom) on

10 % residue,
Cetane Number
Cetane Index
Pour Point,
a) Winter *
b) Summer
Copper strip corrosion for 3 h at 50C

5
6
7
8
9

Unit
mg of
KOH/g
% by
mass
% by
mass
C

IS 1460: 2005
Method No.

Requirement
Minimum

Maximum
Nil
To report

IS 1448 [P: 2]
IS 1448 [P: 2]
IS 1448 [P: 4] /ISO
6245
IS 1448 [P: 8]
ISO 10370
ISO 5165
ISO 4264
IS 1448 [P: 10]
ASTM D 5949
IS 1448 [P: 15]/
ISO 2160

0.01
0.3
51
46
3
15
Not worse than No. 1

% v/v

IS 1448 [P: 18]

95

10
11
12
13

Distillation,Percent recovered at
360C
Flash point, Abel
Kinematic viscosity at 40C
Total Contamination
Density at 15C

C
cSt
mg/Kg
kg/m3

IS 1448 [P: 20]

IS 1448 [P: 25]
EN 12662
ISO 12185

35
2.0*

14

Total Sulphur

mg/Kg

15
16

Water content
Cold filter plugging point (CFPP)
a) Winter
b) Summer
Oxidation Stability
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
(PAH)
Lubricity, Corrected wear scar
diameter (wsd 1.4), at 60 C
Oxygen Content

mg/Kg
C

ASTM D 4294/D
5453/D 2622
ISO 12937
IS 1448 [P: 110]/
ASTM D6371

17
18
19
20

820

4.5
24
845
50
200

gm/m3
% by
mass
micron

ISO 12205
EN 12916/ IP 391

6
18
25
11

ISO 12156 1

460

% by
mass

Annex B of IS 1460

0.6

* Winter shall be the period from November to February in central and Northern plains of India (both months inclusive)
and the rest of the months of the year shall be called as summer