IQAir Model Selection Chart For Gaseous Contaminant Control

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IQAir ® Model Selection Chart For Gaseous Contaminant Control
Most of the below chemicals have a corresponding IQAir ® model that is recommended for the control of that particular gaseous contaminant. The selection of the IQAir ® models is based upon light concentrations of these contaminants, i.e. generally 10 PPM or less. The tests were undertaken by the media manufacturers.

Chemical Name	Physical State	Formula	Odor Characteristics	Recommended IQAir ® Model
Acetaldehyde	Liquid	CH3CHO	penetrating, fruity	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Acetic acid	Liquid	CH3COOH	strong vinegar-like	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Acetone	Liquid	(CH3)2CO	characteristic odor	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Acetylene	Gas	HC=CH	not unpleasant when pure, but disagreeable when impure	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Acrolein	Liquid	CH2=CHCHO	piercing, disagreeable; causes tears	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Acrylonitrile	Liquid	CH2=CHCN	mild	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Ammonia	Gas	NH3	penetrating, pungent, suffocating	IQAir ® AM GC ™ or GCX ™
Arsine	Gas	AsH3	disagreeable garlic	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Benzene	Liquid	C6H6	characteristic	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
1.3 Butadiene	Gas	CH2=CHCH=CH2	mild aromatic	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Butane	Gas	C4H10	odorless	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Butyric acid	Liquid	CH3CH2CH2COOH	unpleasant, rancid	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Carbon dioxide	Gas	CO2	odorless	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Carbon disulfide	Liquid	CS2	strong, disagreeable, or sweetish	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Carbon monoxide	Gas	CO	odorless	not controlled by adsorption/oxidation
Carbon tetrachloride	Liquid	CCl4	ether-like	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Chlorine	Gas	Cl2	suffocating, irritating	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Chlorine dioxide	Gas	ClO2	unpleasant, similar to that of chlorine and reminiscent of nitric acid	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Chloroform	Liquid	CHCl3	pleasant, sweet	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Chloropicrin	Liquid	CCl3NO2	sharp, penetrating, causes tears	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Cresol	Liquid	CH3C6H4OH	phenolic	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Cyclohexane	Liquid	C6H12	mild, sweet, resembling chloroform or benzene	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Cyclohexanone	Liquid	C6H10O	reminiscent of peppermint and acetone	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
1.1 Dichloroethane	Liquid	CHCL2CH3	chloroform-like	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Diethylamine	Liquid	(C2H5)2NH	fishy, ammonia-like	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Dimethylamine	Gas	(CH3)2NH	pungent, fishy or ammonia-like	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Ethane	Gas	C2H6	odorless	not controlled by adsorption/oxidation
Chemical Name	Physical State	Formula	Odor Characteristics	Recommended IQAir ® Model
Ethanol	Liquid	C2H5OH	pleasant, sweet	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Ethyl acetate	Liquid	CH3COOC2H5	pleasant, fruity	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Ethyl acrylate	Liquid	CH2=CHCOOC2H5	sharp,acrid	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Ethylamine	Liquid	CH3CH2NH2	ammonia-like	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Ethylene	Gas	CH2CH2	sweet	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Ethylene oxide	Gas	C2H4O	-	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Formaldehyde	Gas	HCHO	pungent, suffocating	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Formic acid	Liquid	HCOOH	pungent, penetrating	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Freon 11	Gas	CCl3F	faint ether-like	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Hydrazine	Liquid	H2NNH2	penetrating, resembilng that of ammonia	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Hydrogen chloride	Gas	HCl	irritating, pungent	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Hydrogen cyanide	Gas	HCN	bitter almond-like	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Hydrogen sulfide	Gas	H2S	strong, like rotten eggs	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Indole	Solid	C8H2N	intense, fecal	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Isoprene	Liquid	CH2CCH3CHCH2	-	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Isopropanol	Liquid	CH3CHOHCH3	like rubbing alcohol	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Methane	Gas	CH4	odorless	not controlled by adsorption/oxidation
Methanol	Liquid	CH3OH	slight alcoholic odor when pure	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Methyl acrylate	Liquid	CH2=CHCOOCH3	sharp, sweet, fruity	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Methyl chloride	Gas	CH3Cl	faint, sweet odor, not noticeable at dangerous concentrations	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Methyl chloroform	Liquid	CH3CCl3	mild, like chloroform	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Methyl disulfide	Liquid	CH3SSCH3	disagreeable	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Methyl ethyl ketone	Liquid	CH3COCH2CH3	acetone-like	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Methyl mercaptan	Gas	CH3SH	like rotten cabbage	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Methyl sulfid	Liquid	(CH3)2S	disagreeable	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Methyl vinyl ketone	Liquid	CH3COCHCH3	pungent	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Methylamine	Gas	CH3NH2	strong ammoniacal odor, but more fishy, particularly at lower concentr.	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Methylene chloride	Liquid	CH2Cl2	like chloroform	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Nitric Oxide	Gas	NO	sharp, sweet	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Nitrobenzene	Liquid	C6H5NO2	like black paste shoe polish	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Nitrogen dioxide	Gas	NO2	pungent, acrid	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Nitroglycerine	Liquid	CH2NO3CHNO3CH2NO3	-	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Chemical Name	Physical State	Formula	Odor Characteristics	Recommended IQAir ® Model
Nitrous oxide	Gas	N2O	slightly sweetish, laughing gas	not controlled by adsorption/oxidation
Ozone	Gas	O3	pleasant, characteristic in concentrations less than 2 ppm	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Phenol	Solid	C6H5OH	characteristic, sweet tarry	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Phosgene	Gas	COCl2	low concentr.: sweet, like hay; high concentr.: sharp, pungent	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Phosphine	Gas	PH3	fishy	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Propane	Gas	CH3CH2CH3	odorless	not controlled by adsorption/oxidation
Pyridine	Liquid	C5H5N	penetrating, sickening	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Silane	Gas	S3H4	repulsive	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Skatole	Solid	C9H9N	fecal	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Styrene	Liquid	C6H5CH=CH2	low concentr.;sweet aromatic; high concentr.;sharp, disagreeable	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Sulfur dioxide	Gas	SO2	strong, suffocating	IQAir ® Cleanroom H13 ™
Sulfuric acid	Liquid	H2SO4	odorless	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Sulfur trioxide	Gas	SO3	-	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Toluene	Liquid	C6H5CH3	benzene-like	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™
Trichloroethylene	Liquid	CCl2=CHCl	characteristic odor resemblng chloroform	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Tri hylamine	Liquid	(C2H5)3N	strong, ammonia-like, fishy	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Trimethylamine	Gas	(CH3)3N	pungent, fishy, ammonia-like odor	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Vinyl chloride	Gas	CH2=CHCl	ether-like odor	IQAir ® HealthPro ® Plus**
Xylene	Liquid	C6H4(CH3)2	aromatic odor	IQAir ® VOC GC ™ or GCX ™

Important Note: Although specific IQAir ® models may be recommended for the control of certain contaminants, the manufacturers make no claim as to the specific air cleaning results that can be achieved under the user's individual operating conditions. The actual indoor air quality improvements that can be achieved with air cleaning systems depend not only on the system's performance, but also on factors which are specific to that indoor environment. Important factors which will influence the air quality improvements include, intensity of the contaminant and its source, the size of the indoor environment, the operating speed of the system, the number of air cleaners placed in the environment and the state of saturation of the individual filter elements.

* no laboratory test work
** the IQAir ® HealthPro ® alternative is only recommended for lower chemical concentrations

U.S. Technical Specifications for HealthPro ® & HealthPro ® Plus