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Thanks to the Air Liquide Gas Encyclopedia, you will be able to: Find all of the physical properties of gases (the main physical characteristics of molecules in their solid, liquid and gaseous or supercritical states), Calculate the correspondence between the gaseous and liquid phase for a given weight or volume of gas, Calculate the liquid phase density all along the liquid-vapor balance curve for nitrogen, carbon dioxide , argon, hydrogen or oxygen, Download the vapor pressure curve for some gases, View the Safety Datasheets (SDS), Discover the main applications of these gases in industry and healthcare, Check Adv material ertisement compatibility.
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H2 Hydrogen CAS Number : 1333-74-0 UN1049 (gas); UN1966 (liquid refrigerated) ;Dihydrogen;
Main applications Gas Properties Vapor Pressure Graph Liquid Gas Conversion Safety Data Sheets Major Hazards Material compatibility
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Hydrogen, H2: THE GREEN GAS Discovered by Henry Cavendish in 1766, hydrogen owes it name to Lavoisier, who combined the Greek hydor, water, and genen, to engender. It is the lightest gas in the world and therefore is not held by the earths gravity. Hydrogen is only found in the atmosphere at trace levels ; it is synthetized from hydrocarbons (petroleum and petroleum by-products) and from water where it constitutes the lightest fraction of the H2O molecule. Hydrogen gas is colorless, highly flammable, very light, cannot sustain life and reacts
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easily with other chemical substances. The fuel cell The world dreams about driving in a silent car that doesnt pollute! Hydrogen is a clean energy carrier. Used in a fuel cell, it combines with oxygen to efficiently produce electricity and doesnt emit anything except water. A REACTANT PRIZED BY THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES; AN EXCELLENT CLEAN ENERGY CARRIER
Main applications
Industries
Food and Beverage
Applications
Pure hydrogen is used for the production of plastics, polyester and nylon. H2 gas is also used in the hydrogenation of amines and fatty acids (food oils).
Hydrogen is an active gas used in combination with nitrogen to create a reductive atmosphere over the tin bath in the FLOAT glass process. Hydrogen is used for heat treatment (oxy-hydrogen flame) of the hollow glass and the optic fibers pre-forms.
Reductive atmosphere for various processes of heat treatment. Hydrogen is used as a carrier gas in gas chromatography and in various analytical instrument applications, most commonly as a fuel component of combustion gases for Flame Ionization (FID) and Flame Photometric (FPD) detectors. Spark discharge analyzers, total hydrocarbons measurements use also hydrogen mixtures.
Desulfurization of fuel-oil and gasoline Hydrogen is used as carrier gas in semiconductor processes, especially for silicon deposition or crystal growing and as a scavenger gas in atmosphere soldering as well as for annealing copper films. The use of forming gases (that is H2 diluted in nitrogen) allows virtually a complete elimination of oxygen and its inconveniences in medium to high temperature processes.
Hydrogen is used in their liquid states as ergols for the propulsion of the cryogenic stages of the Ariane rocket.
Gas Properties
Molecular Weight Solid phase Molecular weight : 2.016 g/mol Melting point : -259 C Latent heat of fusion (1,013 bar, at triple point) : 58.158 kJ/kg Liquid density (1.013 bar at boiling point) : 70.973 kg/m3 Liquid/gas equivalent (1.013 bar and 15 C (59 F)) : 844 vol/vol Boiling point (1.013 bar) : -252.8 C Latent heat of vaporization (1.013 bar at boiling point) : 454.3 kJ/kg
Liquid phase
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Critical point
Critical temperature : -240 C Critical pressure : 12.98 bar Critical density : 30.09 kg/m3 Triple point temperature : -259.3 C Triple point pressure : 0.072 bar Gas density (1.013 bar at boiling point) : 1.312 kg/m3 Gas density (1.013 bar and 15 C (59 F)) : 0.085 kg/m3 Compressibility Factor (Z) (1.013 bar and 15 C (59 F)) : 1.001 Specific gravity (air = 1) (1.013 bar and 21 C (70 F)) : 0.0696 Specific volume (1.013 bar and 21 C (70 F)) : 11.986 m3/kg Heat capacity at constant pressure (Cp) (1 bar and 25 C (77 F)) : 0.029 kJ/(mol.K) Heat capacity at constant volume (Cv) (1 bar and 25 C (77 F)) : 0.021 kJ/(mol.K) Ratio of specific heats (Gamma:Cp/Cv) (1 bar and 25 C (77 F)) : 1.384259 Viscosity (1.013 bar and 15 C (59 F)) : 0.0000865 Poise Thermal conductivity (1.013 bar and 0 C (32 F)) : 168.35 mW/(m.K) Solubility in water (1.013 bar and 0 C (32 F)) : 0.0214 vol/vol Concentration in air : 0.00005 vol % Autoignition temperature : 560 C
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Triple point
Gaseous phase
Miscellaneous
This module enables a volume (measured at 1 atmosphere and 15 C) or a mass of gas in gaseous phase to be converted into a mass or a volume of liquid (measured at 1 atmosphere and boiling point). Data : Gas Phase Input the volume
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Major Hazards
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Major hazard : Fire and High Pressure Toxicity (Am. Conf. Of Gov. Ind. Hygienists ACGIH 2000 Edition) : Simple Asphyxiant Flammability limits in air (STP conditions) : 4.0-75 vol% Odour : None UN Number : UN1049 (gas); UN1966 (liquid refrigerated) EINECS Number : 215-605-7 DOT Label (USA) : FG DOT Hazard class (USA) : Flammable Gas
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Material compatibility
Air Liquide has assembled data on the compatibility of gases with materials to assist you in evaluating which products to use for a gas system. Although the information has been compiled from what Air Liquide believes are reliable sources (International Standards: Compatibility of cylinder and valve materials with gas content; Part 1: ISO 11114-1 (Jul 1998), Part 2: ISO 11114-2 (Mar 2001)), it must be used with extreme caution. No raw data such as this can cover all conditions of concentration, temperature, humidity, impurities and aeration. It is therefore recommended that this table is used to choose possible materials and then more extensive investigation and testing is carried out under the specific conditions of use. The collected data mainly concern high pressure applications at ambiant temperature and the safety aspect of material compatibity rather than the quality aspect.
Material
Metals
Compatibility
Aluminium Brass
Satisfactory Satisfactory
Copper
Satisfactory
Satisfactory but risk of embrittlement by hydrogen. Satisfactory but risk of embrittlement by hydrogen.
Titanium
Plastics
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) Satisfactory Vinylidene polyfluoride (PVDF) (KYNAR) Polyamide (PA) (NYLON) Polypropylene (PP) Satisfactory
Satisfactory
Elastomers
Buthyl (isobutene - isoprene) rubber Satisfactory (IIR) Nitrile rubber (NBR) Satisfactory
Chloroprene (CR)
Satisfactory
Chlorofluorocarbons (FKM) (VITON) Satisfactory Silicon (Q) Acceptable but strong rate of permeation.
Satisfactory
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Lubricants
Satisfactory
Satisfactory
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