Research Article

Validation of the Dynamic Direct Exposure Method for Toxicity Testing of Diesel Exhaust In Vitro

Table 1

Australian Standard 3570 on diesel fuel specification.

CALTEX Vortex premium dieselAS3570 requirement

Density at 15°C0.82–0.87 kg/L0.83 kg/L
Minimum cetane number5045
Maximum sulphur content (by mass)0.5%<10 ppm
Energy densityN/A35.9 megajoules/litre or 43.3 megajoules/kg