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Jonathan McCallumFebruary 9, 2026
Gastec gas detection tubes remain one of the most versatile solutions for gas monitoring across industrial environments. With options available for more than 300 gases, they provide broad application coverage in a compact, field-ready fo...
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Gary RaeJune 22, 2022
Area gas monitors, like the Radius BZ1, are a great tool to let you see if gas hazards on a site could threaten workers. Area monitors enable you to create a safe buffer zone between workers and potential gas hazards. Area monitors are u...
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Michael DouglasApril 5, 2021
Choosing the best gas detectors for your needs is only one part of designing an effective gas detection program. You also need to consider how communication, data collection and emergency alerts are sent and received. It’s critical...
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Jonathan McCallumMarch 15, 2021
Gastec has become a bestselling gas detection system in Canada because it is reliable, easy to use and can measure over 300 gases. Gastec tubes indicate gas and vapour concentrations by reading a calibrated scale printed on each tube. Th...
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Jonathan McCallumDecember 18, 2020
This article was originally published by Matthew Collins of Bacharach Gas Detection . It was republished with permission. There’s a lot of excitement about the COVID-19 vaccines finishing up their phase III trials and giving us hop...
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Paul Kroes, B.Sc.February 3, 2019
100% means 100 parts out of 100: 100% of anything means it is all the same thing 100% gold means it is all gold, with no other contaminants 10% means ten parts out of 100 (1/10 th of 100), so therefore it's 90% something else.
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Jonathan McCallumSeptember 25, 2018
Rotten egg smell? It could be a gas leak. But, what happens when no gas is detected? A Calgary Dairy Queen made national news recently when they finally solved the mystery of the pungent smell coming from the restaurant. The culprit? Mer...
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Heidi LevittFebruary 21, 2018
If you do any kind of gas detection on the job, you’ve probably heard of colorimetric tubes. They often go by different names (like stain tube detectors), or can even be referred to by their brand names (like Gastec tubes or Draege...
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Paul Kroes, B.Sc.January 4, 2016
PIDs – the information you get from them can be misleading. PIDs or photoionization detectors are also known as volatile organic compound (VOC) detectors.
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