Our test strips have been calibrated for use with all the commonly used hyamine and steramine quat (quaternary ammonium chloride) solutions. Some commercially available strips have errors as high as 50%. Use this guide to test your strips.
Oasis 146
To prepare a 400ppm QAC solution, dilute 0.530ml of Oasis 146 into 100ml of water.
| Active Ingredients | Conc. | Active Ingredients | Conc. |
| Alkyl dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride | 3.00% | Octyldecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride | 2.25% |
| di-n-octyl dimethyl ammonium chloride | 0.90% | di-n-decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride | 1.35% |
Hyamine 3500-80%
Prepare a stock solution by dissolving 1.25g in 100ml of water to produce a 10,000ppm solution. To prepare a 400ppm QAC solution, dilute 4ml of the stock solution into 100ml of water.
| Active Ingredients |
| n-Alkyl (C14=50%, C12=40%, C16=10%) dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride-80% |
Bardac 2280
Prepare a stock solution by dissolving 1.25g Bardac 2280 in 100ml of water to produce a 10,000ppm solution. To prepare a 400ppm QAC solution, dilute 4ml of the stock solution into 100ml of water.
| Active Ingredients |
| Didecyldimethyl ammonium chloride-80% |
Bardac 2250
Prepare a stock solution by dissolving 2g Bardac 2250 in 100ml of water to produce a 10,000ppm solution. To prepare a 400ppm QAC solution, dilute 4ml of the stock solution into 100ml of water.
| Active Ingredients |
| Didecyldimethyl ammonium chloride-50% |
Sysco QAC Tablets
To prepare a 400ppm QAC solution, place 1 tablet into 2.82L (1 US Gal.) of water.
| Active Ingredients |
| Alkyl (C14=95%, C12=3%, C16=2%) dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride-50% |