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Info Centre >> Fuel and Lube Oil Technical Manual >> Appendix 2: List of Acronyms
AA
Atomic Absorption
API
American Petroleum Institute
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Material
BDR
Bunker Delivery Receipt
BSI
British Standards Institute
CCAI
Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index
CCR
Conradson Carbon Residue
CII
Calculated Ignition Index
CIMAC
International Council on Combustion Engines
DM
Distillate Marine (as used in ISO 8217)
DnV
Det Norske Veritas
FOBAS
Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis and Advisory Service
H2S
Hydrogen Sulphide
IATA
International Air Transport Association
IBIA
International Bunker Industry Association
ICP
Inductively Coupled Plasma
IF
Inter Fuel
IMDG
International Maritime Agreement for the Carriage of Dangerous Goods
IMO
International Maritime Organisation
IP
Institute of Petroleum
IPA
Iso Propyl Alcohol
ISO
International Standards Organisation (International Organisation for Standardisation)
KOH
Potassium Hydroxide
LFL
Lower Flammability Limit
m/m
Mass for Mass (by proportion)
MCR
Micro Carbon Residue
MT
Metric Tonne
NOx
Nitrous Oxides
PSA
Port of Singapore Authority (fuel bunkering standard)
RCR
Ramsbottom Carbon Residue
RM
Residue Marine (as used in ISO 8217)
SAE
Society of Automotive Engineers
SAN
Strong Acid Number
SG
Specific Gravity
SI
International System of Units
SOx
Sulphurous Oxides
TAN
Total Acid Number
TBN
Total Base Number
TSA
Total Sediment Accelerated
TSE
Total Sediment Existent
TSP
Total Sediment Potential
V/V
Volume for Volume (by proportion)
VCF
Volume Correction Factor
VI
Viscosity Index