Carbon tetrachloride CCl4 NO.134


Performance

Measuring Range

0.5 to 2.5 ppm

2.5 to 60 ppm

Number of Pump Strokes

2 to 5

1

Correction Factor

1/2 to 1/5

1

Sampling Time

1.5 minutes per pump stroke

Detecting Limit

0.2 ppm (n=5)

Color Change

White Yellow

Reaction Principle

Carbon tetrachloride react with reagent to produce intermediate products in the primary tube. The intermediate products react with reagent in the analyzer tube to produce yellow stain.

Coefficient of Variation

15% (for 2.5 to 20 ppm), 10% (for 20 to 60 ppm)

Shelf Life 1 Years
Corrections for
temperature & humidity
Unnecessary
Store the tubes in the refrigerator to keep at 10oC (50oF) or below.


Possible coexisting substances and their interferences (NOTE)

Substance

Concentration

Interference

Change color by itself

Hydrogen chloride

100ppm

Plus error

Produce yellow stain

Chlorine, Bromine

50ppm

Plus error

Produce yellow stain

Vinyl chloride,
Methylene chloride

-

None

No discoloration

Chloroform

-

None

No discoloration

Methyl bromide

100ppm

Plus error

Produce yellow stain

Tetrachloroethylene

-

None

No discoloration

Methyl chloroform

100ppm

Plus error

Produce yellow stain

Trichloroethylene

-

None

No discoloration


Other substance measurable with this detector tube

Substance

Correction Factor

Pump Strokes

Measuring Range

Chloropicrin

1.0

1

25 to 60 %


Calibration gas generation Diffusion tube method


TLV-TWA TLV-STEL Explosive range
5ppm 10ppm -


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