CGA G-4.1-2018: Cleaning Equipment for Oxygen Service
CGA G-4.1-2018: Cleaning Equipment for Oxygen Service has been released. It revises the 2009 edition of the same standard. Breathe it in and then let…
Arsine: The Toxic Gas and the CGA G-16-2018 Standard
Despite sometimes exhibiting a garlic-like odor and being colorless and generally non-irritating, arsine is a flammable and highly toxic gas. Arsine intoxication, which can take…
CGA G-7.1-2018: Commodity Specification for Air
Published by the Compressed Gas Association (CGA), an ANSI-accredited standards developing organization, the seventh edition of the commodity specification for air is CGA G-7.1-2018. Air…
Cryogenic Liquids – Insulated Cargo Tank Specifications
Cryogenic liquids—liquids having a normal boiling point below -130°F at 14.7 psia (-90°C at 101 kPa, abs.)—fall under unique considerations as they are kept in…
CGA G-5.3-2017: Commodity Specification For Hydrogen – 7th Edition
To the average non-chemist, even rendering the nomenclature of most of the 118 elements found on the Periodic Table is nearly impossible. However, hydrogen is…
CGA P-20-2017: Standard for Classification of Toxic Gas Mixtures – Fifth Edition
They’re inherently dangerous and often alarmingly colorless, yet toxic gases and gas mixtures are found in close proximity to many people who could, from direct…
Air-Operated Pumps & ANSI/HI 10 Standards
What Are Air-Operated Pumps? An air-operated pump is a positive-displacement reciprocating pump used for the general transfer of liquids, and it is driven by means…
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Vehicles
Gasoline has lasted as the main source of energy for automobiles throughout the past century, but many problems persist with its use, such as its…
Advantages of Fluid Power
Fluid power is harnessed through either hydraulics or pneumatics technologies, which use a liquid or gas, respectively, to transmit power from one location to another….