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Institute of Petroleum IP Test Methods

IP testing methods for petroleum and fuel products

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Institute of Petroleum IP Test Method List: *

• IP-1 Sulfur in Petroleum Product
  (General Bomb Method)
• IP-2 Aniline Point of Petroleum Products
• IP-4 Ash Content
• IP-13 Conradson Carbon Residue
• IP-14 Ramsbottom Carbon Residue
• IP-15 Pour Point
• IP-23 Fuel Dilution by distillation
• IP-34 Flash Point, PM
• IP-36 Flash and Fire Point
• IP-36 Rust Protection by Metal Preservatives in Humidity Cabinet
• IP 41 Cetane number
• IP-50 Full Scale Cone Penetration
• IP-53 Sediment in Crude Oils and Fuel Oils by the Extraction Method
• IP-71 Kinematic Viscosity
• IP-77 Melting Point of Petroleum Wax (Cooling Curve)
• IP-119 Octane rating of aviation gasoline (supercharge method)
• IP-121 Oil separation from lubricating grease, pressure filtration method
• IP-133 Melting Point of Wax, Dropping Point of Wax
• IP-135 Rust-Preventing Characteristics of Inhibited Mineral Oil in the Presence of Water
• IP-136 Saponification Number
• IP-139 Acid and Base Number by Color-Indicator Titration
• IP-143 Asphaltenes (Heptane Insolubles) in Crude Petroleum and Petroleum Products
• IP-146 Foaming Characteristics of Lubricating Oils  
• IP-154 Copper Corrosion from Petroleum Products by the Copper Strip Tarnish Test
• IP-158 Oil Content of Petroleum Wax
• IP-160 API Gravity,
  Specific Gravity, Density
• IP-160 Density, specific gravity,
  API by Hydrometer
• IP-163 Sulfated Ash

• IP-177 Total Acid Number  
• IP-179 Cone Penetration of Petrolatum
• IP-196 ASTM Color of Petroleum Products
• IP-219 Cloud Point of Petroleum Products
• IP-226 Viscosity Index
• IP-236 Octane number, MON
• IP-237 Octane number, RON
• IP-264 Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) by Gas Chromatography
• IP-276 Total Base Number
• IP-309 Cold Filter Plugging Point (CFPP)
• IP-310 Cone Penetration of Lubricating Grease Using One-half and One-Quarter Scale Equipment
• IP-317 Residues in Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)
• IP-346 Polycyclic Aromatics  
• IP-356 Water in Crude oil by Karl Fisher
• IP-358 Water in Crude Oil by Distillation
• IP-359 Water and Sediment in Crude Oil by Centrifuge Method
• IP-364 Calculated Cetane Index  
• IP-365 Density and Relative Density of Liquids by Digital Density Meter
• IP-379 Nitrogen by Chemoluminesence
• IP-389 Wax appearance temperature (WAT) of middle distillate fuels by DSC or DTA.
• IP-380 Calculated cetane index by four fariable equation
• IP-391 Aromatic hydrocarbon types in aviation fuels and petroleum distillates. HPLC method with refractive index detection
• IP-436 Aromatic hydrocarbon types in aviation fuels and petroleum distillates. HPLC method with refractive index detection
• IP-470 Aluminium, silicon, vanadium, nickel, iron, calcium, zinc and sodium in residual fuels, by AAS finish
• IP-498 IQT (Ignition Quality Tester)
• IP-500 Phosphorus content of residual fuels by ultra-violet spectrometry
• IP-501 Aluminium, silicon, vanadium, nickel, iron, sodium, calcium, zinc and phosphorus in residual fuel oil, by ICP finish