CGA/GAS - CGA G-6.3
Carbon Dioxide Cylinder Filling and Handling Procedures
| Organization: | CGA/GAS |
| Publication Date: | 1 January 2013 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 32 |
scope:
The scope of this publication includes the inspection, filling, handling, labeling, and shipping of uninsulated carbon dioxide cylinders, and the preparation of shipping papers.
The filling procedure outlined in 8.5 may not apply to DOT 39 uninsulated cylinders.
Filling of carbon dioxide USP cylinders for medical use requires the use of product that meets CGA quality verification level E purity as listed in CGA G-6.2, Commodity Specification for Carbon Dioxide, and may require additional procedures and verification [1].1
Purpose
The primary purpose of this publication is to provide information to personnel engaged in handling, filling, and transporting carbon dioxide cylinders.
1 References are shown by bracketed numbers and are listed in order of appearance in the reference section.
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