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D e t e c t i o n
D e t e c t i o n
2. International Standards
Substance
Europe
Standard
BS EN12021
Oxygen (O
)
21% (+/-1%)
2
Carbon Dioxide
≤ 500 ppm
(CO
)
2
Carbon Monoxide
≤ 15 ppm
(CO)
Oil Mist/Vapor
≤ 0.5mg/m
Odour/Taste
Without Significant
Odour or Taste
Water Vapor
Air for compressed
(H
O)
air-line breathing
2
apparatus shall
have a dewpoint
sufficiently
low to prevent
condensation and
freezing. Where
apparatus is used
and stored at a
known temperature,
the pressure
dewpoint shall be
at least 5
the likely lowest
temperature. Where
conditions of
usage and storage
of the air are not
known, the pressure
dewpoint shall not
exceed -11
Nitrogen Oxides
(NO
)
x
Sulfur Dioxide
(SO
)
2
WatchGas BAT-1, 2, 3 Breathing Air Quality Test Kit
Full Compliance with BS EN12021
USA
Canada
29 CFR
CSA Z180.1-00
1910.134
19.5%
20%-22% By
-23.5%
Volume (Dry Air)
≤ 100 ppm ≤ 500 ppm
≤ 10 ppm
≤ 5 ppm
≤ 5ppm
≤ 1mg/m
3
Without
Without Signi-
Significant
ficant Odour or
Odour or
Taste
Taste
4
C (39
F)
The pressure
o
o
pdp @
dewpoint of
50psig.
the compressed
breathing air
shall be at least
5
the lowest
temperature to
which any part of
the compressed
breathing air
pipeline or
the accepted
C below
respirator may
o
be exposed at
any season of the
year.
C.
o
Australia
AS/NZS
1715:1994
19.5%-22%
≤ 800 ppm
≤ 10 ppm
≤ 1mg/m
3
3
Without
Significant
Odour or Taste
Airline pressure
should be
at least 5
o
C
below the
lowest known
C (9
F) below
temperature
o
o
or -11
C if the
o
lowest is not
known.
Table 1
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User Manual
Pharmaceutical:
Pharmaceutical:
EP 01/2009 : 1238
USP35-NF30
20.4 – 21.4%
19.5 – 23.5%
≤ 500 ppm
≤ 0.05%
≤ 5 ppm
≤ 0.001%
≤ 0.5 mg/m
0 mg/m
3
3
Without
Without
Significant Odour
Significant
or Taste
Odour or Taste
≤ 67 ppm
0 ppm
≤ 2 ppm
≤ 2.5 ppm
≤ 1 ppm
≤ 5 ppm
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