[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 18]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR87.61]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 87--CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart G--Test Procedures for Engine Exhaust Gaseous Emissions 
               (Aircraft and Aircraft Gas Turbine Engines)
 
Sec. 87.61  Turbine fuel specifications.

    For exhaust emission testing, fuel meeting the specifications listed 
in this section shall be used. Additives used for the purpose of smoke 
suppression (such as organometallic compounds) shall not be present.

                 Property and Allowable Range of Values

Density kg/m\3\ at 15  deg.C: 780-820.
Distillation temperature,  deg.C: 10% boiling point, 155-201; final 
boiling point, 235-285.
Net heat of combustion, MJ/kg: 42.86-43.50.
Aromatics, volume %: 15-23.
Naphthalenes, volume %: 1.0-3.5.
Smoke point, mm: 20-28.
Hydrogen, mass %: 13.4-14.1.
Sulfur, mass %: less than 0.3%.
Kinematic viscosity at -20  deg.C, mm\2\/s: 2.5-6.5.

[62 FR 25366, May 8, 1997]