Exhibit 99.1


               Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
               And Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
                 Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings


I, John P. Jones III, state and attest that:

(1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of
     Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented
     in a subsequent covered report:

        |X| No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
            fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the
            case of a report on Form 8-K  or definitive proxy materials,
            as of the date on which it was filed);  and

        |X| No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
            the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
            under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the
            period  covered by such report (or in the case of a report on
            Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it
            was filed).

(2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
     committee.

(3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before
     the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

        |X| Report of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. on Form 10-K for the year
            ended September 30, 2001

        |X| All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
            proxy materials of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. filed with the
            Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified
            above; and

        |X| Any amendments to any of the foregoing.


Dated:  13 August 2002                           /s/ John P. Jones III
                                               -------------------------
                                                     John P. Jones III
                                                 Chief Executive Officer

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA        )
                                    ) SS:
COUNTY OF LEHIGH                    )


         Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August 2002.

                                                 /s/ Lynn German Long
                                               ------------------------
                                                  Lynn German Long
                                                  Notary Public
My Commission Expires:  4/25/04