A new Gas Detection White Paper from General Monitors explains how gas detection diversification improves the protection of people, equipment and facilities operating in hazardous industries where combustible or toxic gas might be present. Gas detection diversification refers to the various means of detection that, when layered, reduce the likelihood that detectors will fail to detect a hazard. Just as no single layer, however good, can eliminate risks inherent in a process, no single detection technology can reduce the risk of failure to detect loss of containment to a vanishingly small number. Nevertheless, a detection system that integrates diverse sensing technologies can make common cause failures less likely. This white paper focuses on the integrated application of today's gas detection technologies: solid-state, infrared, catalytic bead, ultrasonic, electrochemical cell and gas cloud imaging.