Carbon monoxide

 We supply carbon monoxide gas with 99.5%, 99.9%, 99.99% purity in 40/50 lit cylinders

 GENERALITIES:

 Carbon monoxide (CO) gas is formed from the combination of a carbon atom with an oxygen atom. Not only flammable, it is also very hazardous since it is very toxic and odorless. It cannot sustain life and is produced, among other things, from incomplete combustion due to lack of oxygen. It can therefore cause domestic accidents if heating systems are poorly maintained. It is produced on a large scale in industry, in combination with hydrogen, by reforming hydrocarbons, generally natural gas. It is used in large quantities to produce various intermediary organic chemicals, such as acetic acids, isocyanates, formic acid, and also certain polymers such as polycarbonates and polyketones

Main applications

 1. Chemicals

Carbon monoxide and synthesis gas are the raw materials in the polycarbonate, polyurethane and oxy-alcohol manufacture based on SMR and ATR processes or on partial oxidation Carbon monoxide is also used in the manufacturing of metal carbonyls.

 2. Laboratories & analysis

Carbon monoxide is used in calibration gas mixtures for petrochemical industry; environmental emission monitoring, industrial hygiene monitors and trace impurity analyzers.

Gas Properties

1. Molecular Weight

                       Molecular weight: 28.01 g/mol

2. Solid phase

                       Latent heat of fusion (1,013 bar, at triple point): 27.873 kJ/kg

 3. Liquid phase

                       Liquid density (1.013 bar at boiling point) : 788.6 kg/m3

                       Liquid/gas equivalent (1.013 bar and 15 °C (59 °F)): 674 vol/vol

                       Boiling point (1.013 bar): -191.6 °C

                       Latent heat of vaporization (1.013 bar at boiling point) : 214.85 kJ/kg

4. Critical point

                      Critical temperature : -140.3 °C

                      Critical pressure : 34.987 bar

                     Critical density : 301 kg/m3

5. Triple point

                     Triple point temperature : -205.1 °C

                     Triple point pressure : 0.1535 bar

 6. Gaseous phase

                     Gas density (1.013 bar at boiling point) : 4.355 kg/m3 

                     Gas density (1.013 bar and 15 °C (59 °F)) : 1.184 kg/m3

                     Compressibility Factor (Z) (1.013 bar and 15 °C (59 °F)) : 0.9996

                     Specific gravity (air = 1) (1.013 bar and 21 °C (70 °F)) : 0.968

                     Specific volume (1.013 bar and 21 °C (70 °F)) : 0.862 m3/kg

                     Heat capacity at constant pressure (Cp) (1.013 bar and 15.6 °C (60 °F)) : 0.029 kJ/(mol.K)

                     Heat capacity at constant volume (Cv) (1.013 bar and 15.6 °C (60 °F)) : 0.02 kJ/(mol.K)

                     Ratio of specific heats (Gamma:Cp/Cv) (1.013 bar and 15.6 °C (60 °F)) : 1.402488

                     Viscosity (1.013 bar and 0 °C (32 °F)) : 0.0001662 Poise

                     Thermal conductivity (1.013 bar and 0 °C (32 °F)) : 23.027 mW/(m.K)

7. Miscellaneous

                     Solubility in water (1.013 bar and 0 °C (32 °F)) : 0.0352 vol/vol

                     Solubility in water (1.013 bar and 20 °C (68 °F)) : 0.0227 vol/vol

                     Autoignition temperature : 630 °C