Always check the label before using gas cylinders

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A new standard governing the colour coding of transportable gas cylinders is coming into force across Europe. The new standard, EN1089-3, will ensure consistency of colour coding, helping to improve safety standards across the industry. Air Products have many hundreds of thousands of cylinders in the UK, and the repainting exercise will take a number of years to complete, therefore, you may have cylinders delivered bearing both the old and new colours. The cylinder label, details of which are given in this leaflet, will be vital to understanding the product contained. Please ensure that this information is made available to anyone in your organisation who handles or uses industrial gas cylinders.

Gas Cylinder Identification Chart

Fill pressure

EC Number

Shielding gas code

Reference website for Safety Data Sheets

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Always check the label before using gas cylinders

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Emergency contact number

For further help and advice about the cylinder coding regulations, call Air Products on 08457 020202

Colour classification by hazard property

Emergency telephone 0500 020202

Oxygen
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Inert

Oxidising

Toxic

Flammable

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Gas Cylinder Identification Chart

Always check the label before using gas cylinders
NEW OLD NEW OLD NEW OLD NEW OLD NEW OLD NEW OLD

Apachi

Argon BIP & Premier

Argon Technical Grade

Astec

Breathing Air

Breathing Oxygen (not for medical use) OLD NEW OLD

NEW

OLD

NEW

OLD

NEW

OLD

NEW

OLD

NEW

Carbon Dioxide Industrial Grade NEW OLD NEW

Compressed Air (not for breathing) OLD NEW

Coogar

Diving Oxygen

Ferromaxx

Flammable Mixtures Hydrogen/Argon - Methane/Argon Hydrogen/Nitrogen

OLD

NEW

OLD

NEW

OLD

NEW

OLD

Flammable Toxic Mixtures

Freshline/Food Grade Mixture - Inert NEW OLD NEW

Freshline/Food Grade Mixture - Oxidising OLD NEW

Freshline/Food Grade Oxygen OLD

Freshline/Food Grade Nitrogen

Freshline/Food Grade Carbon Dioxide NEW OLD

NEW

OLD

NEW

OLD

Helium BIP & Premier

Helium Technical Grade/Heligas

Hydrogen Technical Grade

Inert Special Gas Mixtures

Inert Welding Mixtures Oxygen/Argon Prodarc - Nitrogen /Argon NEW OLD NEW

Inomaxx TIG

NEW

OLD

NEW

OLD

NEW

OLD

NEW

OLD

OLD

Nitrogen BIP & Premier

Nitrogen Technical Grade

Oxygen Industrial Grade

Propane

Toxic Mixtures

Weldap