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Petroleum ProPerties Lab.

Experiment No.: J
Standard Test Method for Aniline point of Fetroleum Products and
hydrocarbon solvents ASTM D 611' IP 2

Objective: Determination of aniline point of a given sample (diesel oll)'

lntroduction:
The aniline Point of a hydrocarbon or a

which equal volumes

iline is an a
one atom of hydrogen is replaced by the ---NHz group
(CoHs NH;) rne aniline point it-igggdqn! in
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point innie*ate*
,.,.,,i,.,f iru"eiioht or carbon number, but
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I,Y;:p-t Aromatics have vOrylOw aniline
ili polnts
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neral lv-oils withlhig hel an iline poi nts

ef t*PlJ 4v 3.9. (J. LJ:x.:

yo Aromatics = 692.4 + 12.15 (SG)(AP) - -
794(SG) 10.4(AP)
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of the
b;i.n* number is a significant expreS^sion of diesel fuel quality; it is a measure
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which has the sdme ignition characte (ignition

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ot .ort'''6dstion (ignition) of the a particular diesel engine,

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f.righlr cetane fuels will have shorter ignition 9"!3V periods than lower cetane
fuels.
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Another characteristic of diesel fuels i-s called diesel index (Dl), it is an approximation
the cetane number calculated from aniline point (oF) and API gravity:
. API gravity/l00
Diesel index (DI) = Aniline point f F)
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Determination of anitine point is also used !g evaluate ba"ss. ojlllilal.-are
in contact with
The test indicates if oil is likely to damage;ubber compounds that come
to rubber
the oil. ln general oils with a high aromatic content are more detrimental

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products than those with a lory__AigEllq_.on-tent. The higher the aniline point of the oil,
the more desirable it is for drilling fluid\.'usage.
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Apparatus:
The apparatus consists of:

1- Test tube, approximately 25 mm in diameter and 150 mm in length, made of heat

resistant glass.
2- Jacket tube, approximately 37 to 42 mm in diameter and 175 nnm in length, made
of heat-resistant glass.
3- Stirrer, manually operated, metal, approximately 2mm in diameter
4- Thermometer.

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Procedure: ;l
1- place 10 ml of the sample with an equal amount of pure aniline in the test tube.
2- Keep the tube inside the glass jacket and then put it in a water bath where
temperature rises graduallY.
3- Record the temperature at which oil sample completely dissolved in an equal
amount of aniline.

Warning-Aniline should be pipetted directly by mouth because of its extreme toxicity. Aniline is a/so
not
great
toxic biabsorption through the skin even in very smal! quantities, and should be handled with
caution.

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Results & Galculations:

Record aniline point of the sample and calculate the diesel index 'DE .

Dl = AP (oF) x API / 100

oF oC
= 32 + 1.8

cN=p1 n6.72+10

Discussion:
1- Why do we measure aniline point for petroleum fractions?
2- Do aniline mixes easily with products of higher aromatic or paraffinic content?
whv?
3- ls a diesel oil of a high aniline point desirable as automotiveoCfuel? Why?_

4- What is the Dl & CN of a diesel fuel having aniline point 55 and specific
gravity Q.792?
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