Application Range
Standard Measuring Range 5 to 30 ppm
Number of Strokes (n) 3
Time for Measurement approx. 30 s
Standard Deviation ±15 to 20 %
Color Change yellow -› red
Ambient Operating Conditions
Temperature: 0 to 40 °C
Absolute Humidity: 1 to 18 mg H2O / L
Reaction Principle
a) CH2=CH-CN + CrVI ¨ HCN
b1) HCN + HgCl2 ¨ HCl
b2) HCl + methyl red ¨ red reaction product
Cross Sensitivity
Styrene up to 50 ppm does not influence the indication. Butadiene
reacts with the oxidation layer; in the presence of butadiene, the
acylonitrile indication will be too low (e.g. up to 50 % too low with
400 ppm butadiene).