MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 9.3: STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR DENSITY, RELATIVE DENSITY, AND API GRAVITY OF CRUDE PETROLEUM AND LIQUID PETROLEUM PRODUCTS BY THERMOHYDROMETER METHOD
American Petroleum Institute
1 Scope
2 Referenced Documents
3 Terminology
4 Summary of Test Method
5 Significance and Use
6 Apparatus
7 Sampling, Test Specimens, and Test Units
8 Apparatus Verification or Certification
9 Procedure
10 Calculation
11 Report
12 Precision and Bias
13 Keywords
Annex A.1 (Mandatory Information) - Apparatus
Describes the determination, using a glass thermohydrometer, of the density, relative density (specific gravity), or API gravity of crude petroleum and liquid petroleum products with Reid vapor pressures of 101.325 kPa (14.696 psi) or less.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | American Petroleum Institute |
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