Standard Method of Test for
Water in Petroleum Products and Bituminous
Materials by Distillation
AASHTO Designation: T 55-02
ASTM Designation: D 95-99
AASHTO T 55-02 is identical to ASTM D 95-99 except that all references to the ASTM standards
contained in ASTM D 95.99, listed in the following table, shaill be replaced with the
corresponding AASHTO standard:
‘Referenced Standards
ASTM "AASHTO!
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‘Standard Test Method for
‘Water in Petroleum Products
Distillation’
and Bituminous Materials by
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2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D244 Test Methods for Emus Asphalt
1D 1796 Test Method for Weter and Sediments Fuel Oils by
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the Centre Method (Laboratory Procedure)
{D.4006 Test Method for Water in Crude Oil by Distillation
D405 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petoieum and
Petroleum Products?
ATT? Practice for Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and
Petroleum Product
1D S854 Prectce for Mixing and Handling of Ligaid
Samples of Petroleum and Petroleum Products?
18128 Speciation for Apparais for Determination of
"Wusee by Disillaton®
22 API Manua! of Perotcurs Measurements Standard.”
‘Chapler 8.1 Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum
Products (ASTM Practice D 4057),
Chapter 8.2 Automatic Sampling of Petroleum and Potro-
eum Prodvets (ASTM Practice D 4177)
Chapicr 8.3 Mixing and Handling of Liguld Samples of
Petroleum and Pezlewm Praduts
‘Chapter 10.2 Deterninaion of Walet in Crude Oi by the
Disilation Methed (ASTM Test Method D 4006),
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Chapter 10.6 Determicaton of Water and Setimentin Puch
Oi by the Centrifuge Motbed (ASTM. Text: Method
D196)
3 Soammury of Test Method
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‘eser-imuisible solvent, which co-