Exhibit 23.1


NOTICE REGARDING CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Section 11(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act),
provides that if any part of a registration statement at the time such part
becomes effective contains an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, any person acquiring a security pursuant to
such registration statement (unless it is proved that at the time of such
acquisition such person knew of such untruth or omission) may sue, among others,
every accountant who has consented to be named as having prepared or certified
any part of the registration statement, or as having prepared or certified any
report or valuation which is used in connection with the registration statement,
with respect to the statement in such registration statement, report or
valuation which purports to have been prepared or certified by the accountant.

This Form 10-K is incorporated by reference into Air Products and Chemicals,
Inc. filings on Form S-8 Nos. 33-2068, 33-65117, 333-21145, 333-45239,
333-18955, 333-21147, 333-60147, 333-71405, 333-73105, 333-95317, 333-31578,
333-90773, 333-54224, and 333-56292 and on Form S-3 Nos. 333-33851 and 333-02461
(collectively, the Registration Statements) and, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, is deemed to be a new registration statement
for each Registration Statement into which it is incorporated by reference.

On 10 May 2002 the Board of Directors decided to no longer engage Arthur
Andersen LLP as its independent public accountants and appointed KPMG LLP to
replace Arthur Andersen. Since Air Products' former engagement partner and audit
manager have left Andersen and in light of the cessation of Andersen's SEC
practice, Air Products has been unable to obtain Andersen's written consent to
the incorporation by reference into the Registration Statements of its audit
report with respect to Air Products' financial statements as of 30 September
2001 and 2000 and for the years then ended. Under these circumstances, Rule 437a
under the Securities Act permits Air Products to file this Form 10-K without a
written consent from Arthur Andersen. (As a result, however, Arthur Andersen may
not have any liability under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act for any untrue
statements of a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by
Andersen or any omissions of a material fact required to be stated therein.
Accordingly, you may not be able to assert a claim against Andersen under
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act for any purchases of securities under the
Registration Statements made on or after the date of this Form 10-K.) To the
extent provided in Section 11(b)(3)(C) of the Securities Act, however, other
persons who are liable under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, including the
Company's officers and directors, should still be able to rely on Andersen's
original audit reports as being made by an expert for purposes of establishing a
due diligence defense under Section 11(b) of the Securities Act.