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Gas Select™ gas list for Alicat mass flow instruments

Gas Select™ gas list for Alicat mass flow instruments

Alicat offers three lines of mass flow meters and controllers:

  1. Alicat laminar DP gas mass flow meters and controllers (M/MC-Series) are equipped with Gas Select, an onboard library with 98-130 gases. Any of the pre-loaded gases may also be used to generate and store up to 20 mixed gas calibrations using Composer. With just one instrument, users can measure each gas at the same accuracy specification – without recalibration, thanks to laminar DP technology.
  2. Alicat BASIS™ MEMS thermal mass flow instruments are equipped with a shorter 9-gas list, specified below. Switching between gases will change measurement accuracy.
  3. Alicat CODA Coriolis mass flow instruments are compatible with an even longer list of fluids but are not equipped with Gas Select, since fluid composition does not need to be known for accurate measurement.

View the list of preloaded gases and their properties for Alicat laminar DP mass flow instruments, including absolute viscosity, density, and compressibility at both 25°C and 0°C here: Pre-loaded gases and properties (PDF)

The complete list for standard and anticorrosive Alicat laminar DP flow instruments and BASIS MEMS thermal flow instruments can be found below.

 

Standard gas list

Pure gases
  • Acetylene (C2H2)
  • Air
  • Argon (Ar)
  • i-Butane (i-C4H10)
  • n-Butane (n-C4H10)
  • Carbon dioxide (CO2)
  • Carbon monoxide (CO)
  • Deuterium (D2)
  • Ethane (C2H6)
  • Ethylene/Ethene (C2H4)
  • Helium (He)
  • Hydrogen (H2)
  • Krypton (Kr)
  • Methane (CH4)
  • Neon (Ne)
  • Nitrogen (N2)
  • Nitrous oxide (N2O)
  • Oxygen (O2)
  • Propane (C3H8)
  • Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)
  • Xenon (Xe)
Bioreactor gases
  • Name: 5% CH4 + 95% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio5M
  • Name: 10% CH4 + 90% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio10M
  • Name: 15% CH4 + 85% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio15M
  • Name: 20% CH4 + 80% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio20M
  • Name: 25% CH4 + 75% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio25M
  • Name: 30% CH4 + 70% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio30M
  • Name: 35% CH4 + 65% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio35M
  • Name: 40% CH4 + 60% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio40M
  • Name: 45% CH4 + 55% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio45M
  • Name: 50% CH4 + 50% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio50M
  • Name: 55% CH4 + 45% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio55M
  • Name: 60% CH4 + 40% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio60M
  • Name: 65% CH4 + 35% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio65M
  • Name: 70% CH4 + 30% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio70M
  • Name: 75% CH4 + 25% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio75M
  • Name: 80% CH4 + 20% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio80M
  • Name: 85% CH4 + 15% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio85M
  • Name: 90% CH4 + 10% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio90M
  • Name: 95% CH4 + 5% CO2
    • Short Name: Bio95M
Breathing gases
  • EAN-32 (32% O2 + 68% N2)
  • EAN-36 (36% O2 + 64% N2)
  • EAN-40 (40% O2 + 60% N2)
  • EA-40 (40% O2 + 60% Air)
  • EA-60 (60% O2 + 40% Air)
  • EA-80 (80% O2 + 20% Air)
  • Heliox-20 (20% O2 + 80% He)
  • Heliox-21 (21% O2 + 79% He)
  • Heliox-30 (30% O2 + 70% He)
  • Heliox-40 (40% O2 + 60% He)
  • Heliox-50 (50% O2 + 50% He)
  • Heliox-60 (60% O2 + 40% He)
  • Heliox-80 (80% O2 + 20% He)
  • Heliox-99 (99% O2 + 1% He)
  • Metabolic exhalant (16% O2 + 78.04% N2 + 5% CO2 + 0.96% Ar)
Chromatography gases
  • P-5 (5% CH4 + 95% Ar)
  • P-10 (10% CH4 + 90% Ar)
Fuel gases
  • Name: Coal gas (50% H2 + 35% CH4 + 10% CO + 5% C2H4)
    • Short Name: CoalG
  • Name: Endothermic gas (75% H2 + 25% N2)
    • Short Name: Endo
  • Name: HHO (66.67% H2 + 33.33% O2)
    • Short Name: HHO
  • Name: LPG HD-5 (96.1% C3H8 + 1.5% C2H6 + 0.4% C3H6 + 2% n-C4H10)
    • Short Name: HD-5
  • Name: LPG HD-10 (85% C3H8 + 10% C3H6 + 5% n-C4H10)
    • Short Name: HD-10
  • Name: Nat gas 1 (93% CH4 + 3% C2H6 + 1% C3H8 + 2% N2 + 1% CO2)
    • Short Name: NatG-1
  • Name: Nat gas 2 (95% CH4 + 3% C2H6 + 1% N2 + 1% CO2)
    • Short Name: NatG-2
  • Name: Nat gas 3 (95.2% CH4 + 2.5% C2H6 + 0.2% C3H8 + 0.1% C4H10 + 1.3% N2 + 0.7% CO2)
    • Short Name: NatG-3
  • Name: Syn gas 1 (40% H2 + 29% CO + 20% CO2 + 11% CH4)
    • Short Name: SynG-1
  • Name: Syn gas 2 (64% H2 + 28% CO + 1% CO2 + 7% CH4)
    • Short Name: SynG-2
  • Name: Syn gas 3 (70% H2 + 4% CO + 25% CO2 + 1% CH4)
    • Short Name: SynG-3
  • Name: Syn gas 4 (83% H2 + 14% CO + 3% CH4)
    • Short Name: SynG-4
Laser gases
  • Name: 4.5% CO2 + 13.5% N2 + 82% He
    • Short Name: LG-4.5
  • Name: 6% CO2 + 14% N2 + 80% He
    • Short Name: LG-6
  • Name: 7% CO2 + 14% N2 + 79% He
    • Short Name: LG-7
  • Name: 9% CO2 +15% N2 + 76% He
    • Short Name: LG-9
  • Name: 9.4% CO2 + 19.25% N2 + 71.35% He
    • Short Name: LG-9.4
  • Name: 9% Ne + 91% He
    • Short Name: HeNe-9
O2 concentrator gases
  • Name: 89% O2 + 7% N2 + 4% Ar
    • Short Name: OCG-89
  • Name: 93% O2 + 3% N2 + 4% Ar
    • Short Name: OCG-93
  • Name: 95% O2 + 1% N2 + 4% Ar
    • Short Name: OCG-95
Stack/fuel gases
  • Name: 2.5% O2 + 10.8% CO2 + 85.7% N2 + 1% Ar
    • Short Name: FG-1
  • 2.9% O2 + 14% CO2 + 82.1% N2 + 1% Ar
    • Short Name: FG-2
  • 3.7% O2 + 15% CO2 + 80.3% N2 + 1% Ar
    • Short Name: FG-3
  • 7% O2 + 12% CO2 + 80% N2 + 1% Ar
    • Short Name: FG-4
  • 10% O2 + 9.5% CO2 + 79.5% N2 + 1% Ar
    • Short Name: FG-5
  • 13% O2 + 7% CO2 + 79% N2 + 1% Ar
    • Short Name: FG-6
Welding gases
  • C-2 (2% CO2 + 98% Ar)
  • C-8 (8% CO2 + 92% Ar)
  • C-10 (10% CO2 + 90% Ar)
  • C-15 (15% CO2 + 85% Ar)
  • C-20 (20% CO2 + 80% Ar)
  • C-25 (25% CO2 + 75% Ar)
  • C-50 (50% CO2 + 50% Ar)
  • C-75 (75% CO2 + 25% Ar)
  • He-25 (25% He + 75% Ar)
  • He-50 (50% He + 50% Ar)
  • He-75 (75% He + 25% Ar)
  • He-90 (90% He + 10% Ar)
  • A1025 (90% He + 7.5% Ar + 2.5% CO2)
  • Stargon CS (90% Ar + 8% CO2 + 2% O2)

Corrosive gas list

Pure corrosive gases

*These gases require S-Series instruments (MS/MCS/PS/PCS).

  • Ammonia (NH3)
  • Butylene (1-Butene)
  • Cis-Butene (cis-2-Butene)
  • Iso-Butene
  • Trans-Butene
  • Carbonyl sulfide (COS)
  • Chlorine (Cl2)
  • Dimethylether (CH3OCH3)
  • Hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
  • Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3)
  • Nitric oxide (NO)
  • Propylene (C3H6)
  • Silane (SiH4)
  • Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
Refrigerant gases

*These gases require S-Series instruments (MS/MCS/PS/PCS).

  • R-11 Trichlorofluoromethane (CCl3F)
  • R-14 Tetrafluoromethane (CF4)
  • R-22 Difluoromonochloromethane (CHClF2)
  • R-23 Trifluoromethane (CHF3)
  • R-32 Difluoromethane (CH2F2)
  • R-115 Chloropentafluoroethane (C2ClF5)
  • R-116 Hexafluoroethane (C2F6)
  • R-124 Chlorotetrafluoroethane (C2HClF4)
  • R-125 Pentafluoroethane (C2HF5)
  • R-134A Tetrafluoroethane (CH2FCF3)
  • R-142B Chlorodifluoroethane (CH3CClF2)
  • R-143A Trifluoroethane (C2H3F3)
  • R-152A Difluoroethane (C2H4F2)
  • RC-318 Octafluorocyclobutane (C4F8)
  • R-404A (44% R-125 + 4% R-134A + 52% R-143A)
  • R-407C (22% R-32 + 25% R-125 + 52% R-134A)
  • R-410A (50% R-32 + 50% R-125)
  • R-507A (50% R-125 + 50% R-143A)

BASIS™ gas list

These gases are available on BASIS™ MEMS thermal mass flow meters and controllers.

Accuracy between gases will vary. See the specification sheet for details.

  • Air
  • Nitrogen (N2)
  • Oxygen (O2)
  • Methane (CH4)
  • Helium (He)
  • Hydrogen (H2)
  • Argon (Ar)
  • Carbon dioxide (CO2)
  • Nitrous oxide (N2O)