1、Designation: D3735 07 (Reapproved 2012)Standard Specification forVM the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon () i
2、ndicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1. Scope*1.1 This specification covers four types of moderatelyvolatile hydrocarbon solvents, mainly aliphatic in compositionand normally petroleum distillates. These solvents are usedprimarily by the coatings industry and are common
3、ly referredto as VM for purposes of determining conformance with thisstandard, an observed value or a calculated value shall berounded-off “to the nearest unit” in the last right-hand digitused in expressing the specification limit, in accordance withthe rounding-off method of Practice E29.1.4 For s
4、pecific hazard information and guidance, see thesuppliers Material Safety Data Sheet for materials listed in thisspecification.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D56 Test Method for Flash Point by Tag Closed Cup TesterD86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products atAtmospheric Press
5、ureD130 Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petro-leum Products by Copper Strip TestD156 Test Method for Saybolt Color of Petroleum Products(Saybolt Chromometer Method)D268 Guide for Sampling and Testing Volatile Solvents andChemical Intermediates for Use in Paint and RelatedCoatings and Ma
6、terialD1133 Test Method for Kauri-Butanol Value of Hydrocar-bon SolventsD1159 Test Method for Bromine Numbers of PetroleumDistillates and Commercial Aliphatic Olefins by Electro-metric TitrationD1209 Test Method for Color of Clear Liquids (Platinum-Cobalt Scale)D1296 Test Method for Odor of Volatile
7、 Solvents andDiluentsD1319 Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petro-leum Products by Fluorescent Indicator AdsorptionD3257 Test Methods for Aromatics in Mineral Spirits byGas ChromatographyD3278 Test Methods for Flash Point of Liquids by SmallScale Closed-Cup ApparatusD4052 Test Method for
8、Density, Relative Density, and APIGravity of Liquids by Digital Density MeterD5386 Test Method for Color of Liquids Using TristimulusColorimetryE29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data toDetermine Conformance with SpecificationsE300 Practice for Sampling Industrial Chemicals2.2 U.S. Federal Specification:PPP-C-2020 Chemicals, Liquid, Dry, and Paste: Packagingof33. Classification3.1 VM naphthas; solvents; VM or through the ASTM website(www.astm.org). Permission rights to photocopy the standard may also be secured from the ASTM website (www.astm.org/COPYRIGHT/).D3735 07 (2012)3