Argon is a non-flammable gas that forms 0.9 percent of the earth's atmosphere.
Most commonly used in the metal
industry for metal production, processing and fabrication, it can be used as a pure gas for certain shielding,
blanketing, annealing and hot isostatic pressing (HIPing) applications. It can also be used as part
of a mixture with other gases, in particular carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen or helium,
depending on the process and
material.
Its
inert properties make argon popular
in other industries such as the glass industry
for double glazing,
the food industry for removing oxygen from wine barrels, and analytical
laboratories who use it as a carrier gas in gas chromatography (GC) and in ICP-MS equipment.
Air
Products offers compressed argon gas and liquid argon in a variety of purities and in various
modes of supply around the world thanks to our network of storage and
transfill facilities.
Some Applications of Argon:
1.
Agricultural Equipment
2.
Metals
Industry Production and processing
3. Electronics Packaging, Assembling, and Testing
4.
Industrial processes
5. Oil/Gas production
6.
Medical applications
7. Glass production
8.
Product Preservative
9. Laboratory and Analytical Processes
10. Lighting Industry.
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