ASTM D5137-07(2013)

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Designation:D5137 −07 (Reapproved 2013)
Standard Specification for
Hexyl Acetate
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D5137; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D4052 Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API
Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
1.1 This specification covers hexyl acetate, which is used as
D5386 Test Method for Color of Liquids Using Tristimulus
an active tail high boiling solvent in lacquers, automotive
Colorimetry
coatings, maintenance paints, and other related coatings.
E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
Determine Conformance with Specifications
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
E300 Practice for Sampling Industrial Chemicals
standard.
2.2 U.S. Federal Specification:
1.3 The following applies to all specified limits in this
PPP-C-2020 Chemicals, Liquid, Dry, and Paste: Packaging
standard; for purposes of determining conformance with this
of
standard, an observed value or a calculated value shall be
rounded off “to the nearest unit” in the last right-hand digit
3. Properties
used in expressing the specification limit, in accordance with
3.1 Hexyl acetate shall conform to the following require-
the rounding-off method of Practice E29.
ments:
1.4 For specific hazard information and guidance, see the
Acidity (free acid as acetic acid) weight %, max 0.02
supplier’s Material Safety Data Sheet.
Apparent specific gravity
20/20°C 0.872 to 0.876
or
2. Referenced Documents
25/25°C 0.868 to 0.872
Color, Pt-Co units, max (Note 1) 15
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Distillation range, °C
D268 Guide for Sampling and Testing Volatile Solvents and
Initial boiling point, min 162
Chemical Intermediates for Use in Paint and Related
95 % point, max 176
Electrical Resistivity Ransburg megohms, min 20
Coatings and Material
Ester value, weight, % min 99.0
D1078 Test Method for Distillation Range of Volatile Or-
Water content, weight %, max 0.05
ganic Liquids
NOTE 1— Instrumental Pt-Co color determined by Test Method D5386
D1209 Test Method for Color of Clear Liquids (Platinum-
has been shown to have no statistically significant difference from Pt-Co
Cobalt Scale)
color determined by Test Method D1209. However, it is not known
D1364 Test Method for Water in Volatile Solvents (Karl
whether hexyl acetate was part of the sample set included in the
Fischer Reagent Titration Method) interlaboratory study.
D1476 Test Method for Heptane Miscibility of Lacquer
4. Sampling
Solvents
D1613 Test Method for Acidity in Volatile Solvents and
4.1 The material shall be sampled in accordance with
Chemical Intermediates Used in Paint, Varnish, Lacquer,
Practice E300.
and Related Products
D1617 TestMethodforEsterValueofSolventsandThinners
5. Test Methods
5.1 The properties enumerated in this specification shall be
1 determined in accordance with the following ASTM methods:
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D01 on Paint
and Related Coatings, Materials, andApplications and is the
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