FLIR Camera Gas Detecting Capability Detemination

Here is a website to determine if our FLIR camera can detect a specific gas:

NIST Chemical Name Search

1) Type in the name of the gas

2) Keep "SI units" button checked

3) Check the "IR spectrum" box under "other data"

4) Press "search" button

You will then be directed to another page with all the information regarding your selected gas. Scroll down to "IR Spectrum" and you will fine a bullet with "gas" next to it (linked text). Click on it. It will direct you to another page with a chart on it. The chart will be "transmittance vs. infrared spectrum". The bottom of the chart will have three dropdowns. Change "Reverse X" to "Normal X" and "cm-1" to "um (micro meter)".

This shows the transmittance signature of a particular gas. Our camera detects medium wavelength gases (between 3 and 5 micro meters). If the signature has a trough within that wavelenght range, the camera will pick it up. Anything above or below this range will not be detected. The camera detects "enes" (e.g., benzene), "anes" (e.g., methane) and "ones" (e.g., methyl ethyl ketone). It also does others that aren't yet FLIR lab verified.