High-purity Instrumentation Gases

Carrier, Purge & Detector Gases at a Glance

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Proven Instrumentation Gases for Your Analytical Instruments

Our instrumentation gas range spans a comprehensive offering of high-purity carrier, purge and detector gases so you can easily find the gas you need for your instrument. For more detailed purity specifications, please review the HiQ^® pure gas table requirements for your application. Please note that purity and gas specifications may differ depending on instrument manufacturer.

Complementing this offering, we have a range of gas pressure regulators and gas distribution systems for high-purity instrumentation gases. These are designed to meet the quality requirements of your gas at the point of use and can deal with high and low pressures and flows.

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Chromatography Instrumentation Gases

Gas Types: (C) Carrier; (D) Detector; (M) Make up; (N) Nebulizer; (P) Purge

Recommended Equipment: RL = REDLINE^®, BL = BASELINE^® regulators

Instrumentation	Impurity concern	Types	Recommended gas	Recommended equipment
Flame Ionization Detector (FID)	THC	C/M:	HiQ Helium 5.0	BL C106 series
	H₂O	C/M:	HiQ Nitrogen 5.0	BL C106 series
	O₂	C/D:	HiQ Hydrogen 5.0	BL C106 series
		D:	HiQ Synthetic Air 5.0	BL C106 series
		D:	40% Hydrogen in Helium	BL C106 series
		D:	40% Hydrogen in Nitrogen	BL C106 series

Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD)	THC	C/M:	HiQ Helium 5.0	BL C106 series
	H₂O	C/M:	HiQ Hydrogen 5.0	BL C106 series
	O₂	C/M:	HiQ Nitrogen 5.0	BL C106 series

Electron Capture Detector (ECD)	THC	C:	HiQ Helium 5.5 ECD	RL C200 series
	H₂O	C:	HiQ Hydrogen 5.0 Zero	RL C200 series
	O₂	C/M:	HiQ Nitrogen 5.0 ECD	RL C200 series
	Halocarbons	C/M:	5% Methane in Argon ECD	RL C200 series
		C/M:	10% Methane in Argon ECD	RL C200 series

Flame Photometric Detector (FPD)	Sulfur or phosphorous components	C:	HiQ Argon 5.0 Zero	BL C106 series
	(H₂S, SO₂, THT, sulfides) CO₂	C:	HiQ Helium 5.0 Zero	BL C106 series
		C/M:	HiQ Nitrogen 5.0 Zero	BL C106 series
		C/D:	HiQ Hydrogen 5.0 Zero	BL C106 series
		D:	HiQ Synthetic Air 5.0	BL C106 series

Nitrogen Phosphorus Detector (NPD)	NH₃	C/M:	HiQ Helium 5.0	BL C106 series
	Amines	C/M:	HiQ Nitrogen 5.0	BL C106 series
		D:	HiQ Hydrogen 5.0	BL C106 series
		D:	HiQ Synthetic Air 5.0	BL C106 series

Photo Ionization Detector (PID)	THC	C:	HiQ Helium 5.0 Zero	BL C106 series
	CO₂	C:	HiQ Nitrogen 5.0 Zero	BL C106 series

Pulse Discharge Photo Ionization Detector (PDPID)		C/P:	HiQ Helium 6.0	RL C200 series

Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC)	H₂O non-volatile; liquid phase FID- & ECD-responsive; gas phase; O₂ & THC	C:	HiQ Carbon dioxide 4.5 SFC	BL C106 series

High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)		P:	HiQ Helium 5.0	BL C106 series

Evaporative Light Scattering Detector (ELSD)		N:	HiQ Nitrogen 4.6	BL C106 series

* The gas recommendations include minimum purity requirement.

Spectrometry Instrumentation Gases

Gas Types: (C) Carrier; (D) Detector; (M) Make up; (N) Nebulizer; (P) Purge; (R) Reaction

Recommended Equipment: RL = REDLINE^®, BL = BASELINE^® regulators

Instrumentation	Impurity concern	Types	Recommended gas	Recommended equipment
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)	THC	C:	HiQ Helium 5.0 Zero	BL C106 series
	H₂O	C:	HiQ Hydrogen 5.0 Zero	BL C106 series
	O₂	C:	HiQ Nitrogen 5.0 Zero	BL C106 series
	CO₂

Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)	THC	P:	HiQ Helium 5.0	BL C106 series
		P:	HiQ Nitrogen 5.0 Zero	BL C106 series

Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrophotometer - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)		D:	HiQ Argon 5.0	BL C106 series
		R:	HiQ Helium 6.0	RL C200 series
		R:	HiQ Ammonia 5.0	RL C200 series

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR	H₂O	P:	HiQ Nitrogen 5.0	BL C106 series
	THC	P:	HiQ Argon 5.0	BL C106 series
	HC

Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)	H₂O	D:	HiQ Synthetic Air 5.0	BL C106 series
	H₂S	D:	HiQ Nitrous Oxide 2.5 AAS	BL C106 series
	PH₃	D:	HiQ Acetylene 2.6 AAS	BL C106 series

Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Graphite Furnace (GF-AAS)		D:	HiQ Argon 5.0	BL C106 series
Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrophotometer (ICP)		D:	HiQ Argon 5.0	BL C106 series

* The gas recommendations include minimum purity requirement.

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