Application Notes:
 

diesel index


is an approximation of the cetane number of a distillate fuel: the product of the API gravity (see specific gravity) and the aniline point (°F) divided by 100. Fuels of unusual composition may show erroneous cetane numbers by this method.

Also see cetane index.

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