Color Coding Chart (Typical)

1. Ammonia B 7. Helium B 13. Oxygen Medical

2. Acetylene Grade C
3. Acetylene Grade B- 98% purity
4. Argon Grade B
5. Medical Nitrous Oxide
6. Hydrogen Grade B
8. Carbon Dioxide Grade C
9. Carbon Dioxide Grade B
10. Nitrogen Grade C
11. Nitrogen Grade B
12. Oxygen Industrial
14. Oxygen Aviation A
15. Synthetic Air Industrial
16. Synthetic Air Breathing
17. Argon + CO2 Mixture
18. Educator Tube Cylinder with E.T.
punched on valve

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18
 Cylinder Identification

All cylinders in AHG circulation carry the following marking:

1. Cylinder Specification. *
2. Cylinder Serial Number. *
3. Manufacturing Symbol with Date. *
4. Product Symbol. *
5. Owner’s Identifying Symbol/Name.
6. Re-Test Marking. *
7. Volume in Liters.
8. Tare Weight.

Note:
(*) Mandatory information shall be available in all cylinders.

Product Identification

Product in cylinder are identified by cylinder label or by

stenciling the product name on the cylinder like:
1. DOT Classification of Product.
2. Cautionary Instructions.
3. Company’s Name, Logo/Address.
4. Name of Product and UN No.

Note:
For reference see sample label on next page.

Tanker Content
 Product in Transport Tankers are identified by marking on each side and rear back of the tanker as shown
below:

1. DOT Classification of Product.

2. UN No.
3. Name of Product.

Cylinder Label Typical (Sample)

Grade Identification

Purity grade are 3 digit figure X.XX

First digit indicate the number of “9” in the Assay (as %) of a gas grade in the 6 digits format of YY.YYYY

Second digit is the last digit in the Assay of a gas grade.

Third digit normally one of the following 4 words A. B. C & S indicate test and certification status of the particular
grade.

A. Stands for individually tested cylinder certification is available

B. Stand for batch tested cylinder only QC tags are attached to individual cylinder.
C. Cylinders are only tested at the rate of 1 per lot filled in any one shift. No certification or QC tag is provided.
D. Special grades cylinder are tested for Assay & contaminants as per customer request. Certificate is issued as
required.

For Example
Oxygen Grade 5.5 A
First 5 indicate that Assay in percentage have Five “9” and last digit is 5. Thus Assay for this grade may be read as
99.9995%. “A” indicates the individual cylinder will be tested for compliance and certificate will be available on
request.