Industrial Gas

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Industrial Gas

Types of industrial gases:

Acetylene (C2H2)

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Carbon Monoxide (CO)

Chlorine (Cl2)

Hydrogen (H2)

Hydrogen Chloride (HCl)

Methane (CH4)

Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

Propane (C3H8)

Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)

Air gases

--- Argon (Ar)

--- Nitrogen (N2)

--- Oxygen (O2)

Rare gases

--- Helium (He)

--- Krypton (Kr)

--- Neon (Ne)

--- Xenon (Xe)

Applications:

Chemical industry

Cutting and welding

Environmental protection

Food

Gases for breathing

Gases for safety and inerting

Glass, ceramics, other minerals

Medicinal gases

Metallurgy

Rubber, plastics, paint

Semiconductor industry

Water treatment

Distribution:

Pipelines

Bulk transport (truck, rail, ship)

Cylinders (welding-acetylene tourch, breathing, soda fountain)

Companies in the industrial gas business:

AGA AB

Airgas

Air Liquide

Air Products And Chemicals {Link without Title}

Air Water

BASF

The BOC Group

InterGas

Linde AG

Praxair {Link without Title}

EXTERNAL LINKS

Asian Industrial Gases Association (AIGA)

Compressed Gas Association (CGA)

European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA)

Japanese Industrial Gases Association (JIGA)