| Sensor name | Target gas sensitivity | Typical detection ranges (ppm) |
| MQ-2 | General combustible gas | 200–5000 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and propane, 300–5000 butane, 5000–20,000 methane, 300–5000 hydrogen (H2), 100–2000 alcohol | MQ-3 | Alcohol vapour | 10–300 | MQ-4 | Natural gas and methane | 200–10,000 CH4, natural gas | MQ-5 | Liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas, and coal gas | 200–10,000 LPG, liquefied natural gas (LNG), natural gas, isobutane, propane, and town gas | MQ-6 | LPG, propane | 200–10,000 LPG, isobutane, propane, LNG | MQ-8 | Hydrogen | 100–10,000 | MQ-135 | Air quality control (NH3, benzene, alcohol, smoke) | 10–10,000 | MQ-138 | Formaldehyde, benzene, aldehyde, ketone, and ester | 10–1000 benzene, 1–1000 alcohol, 10–3000 NH3 |
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