Diving Gas Cylinder/Storage Colour Coding Guidance19/12/2007 |
| Colour coding is used primarily to identify the hazard associated with the contents of a cylinder. Its importance cannot be over-emphasised, and this has led to the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) publishing guidance on ‘Marking and Colour Coding of Gas Cylinders, Quads and Banks for Diving Applications'. |
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The guidance (IMCA D 043) is applicable internationally, but, national regulations/standards will normally prevail. In addition to commenting on this, the guidance has a useful chart showing commonly accepted colour coding for helium, medical oxygen, oxygen and helium mixtures, nitrogen, oxygen/helium/nitrogen mixtures, air (breathing), oxygen/nitrogen mixtures, carbon dioxide, and calibration gases. It also illustrates gas mixtures for medical or inhalation purposes; and shows typical examples of quads and banks (in addition to carrying written descriptions) and also of a cylinder labelling system.
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