APIXTM is used world-wide to qualify ultra-pure distribution networks or to preserve the integrity of semi-conductor type production lines, and is the benchmark CQC (i.e. Continuous Quality Control) for analysing vector gases at ppt levels!
Some processes in electronics require gases of extreme purity. To guarantee such purities, Air Liquide has an unparalleled solution on offer for analyzing at ppt levels, known as APIXTM!
APIXTM is part of our CQC offer, but unlike traditional tailored CQC, it is a standard analyzer with its own automatic sampling and calibration system, specially designed for analyses at ppt level. APIXTM can be used to monitor the concentration of several key impurities (O2, CO, CO2, H20, CH4 etc.) simultaneously in real time, in one or more vector gases (N2, H2, Ar, He, O2).
Guaranteed limit detection (1 minute analysis cycle to measure all the impurities indicated in a single vector gas)
| Impurity | Nitrogen | Argon | Helium | Hydrogen |
| Oxygen | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 30 ppt |
| Hydrogen | 150 ppt | 100 ppt | 50 ppt | - |
| Methane | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt |
| Total Methyl Hydrocarbons | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt |
| Moisture | 30 ppt | 30 ppt | 30 ppt | 30 ppt |
| Carbon Monoxide | 50 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 30 ppt |
| Carbon Dioxide | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt |
| Nitrogen | - | - | 10 ppt | 150 ppt |
| Argon | - | - | 10 ppt | - |
| Kryton | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt |
| Xenon | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt | 10 ppt |
Switchover time to reach a level of 1 ppb (minutes)
| To Bulk Gas | From Bulk Gas: Argon | From Bulk Gas: Helium | From Bulk Gas: Hydrogen | From Bulk Gas: Nitrogen |
| Argon | - | 5 ppt | 30 ppt | 15 ppt |
| Helium | 15 ppt | - | 30 ppt | 15 ppt |
| Hydrogen | 15 ppt | 15 ppt | - | 15 ppt |
| Nitrogen | 5 ppt | 5 ppt | 30 ppt | - |
For further information, contact us:
South America - Northern Europe: Yannick Rouaud
Sales - Electronic market
Tel: +33 (0) 4 76 43 63 62
North America: Stéphane Lessi
Sales - Newark
Tel: +1 302 286 5524
Southern Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania: Pascal Tardy
Sales - Electronic market
Tel: +33 (0) 4 76 43 59 48
China: Domenico Dandrea
Sales - Shanghai
Tel: +86 (21) 6090 3868
Nathalie Ray
Sales department
Tel: +33 (0) 4 76 43 62 11