Applications
08 April 2021
Chemical industry
The chemical industry employs all major industrial gases as a raw material or for inerting mainly nitrogen or argon....
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08 April 2021
Cutting and welding
Cutting and welding are long established techniques using the gases acetylene, propane, mixtures of fuel gases and oxygen. For MIG (metal inert gas) welding, argon, helium, carbon dioxide and oxygen a...
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08 April 2021
Environmental protection
Liquid nitrogen is vital in recycling plastics, packaging and scrap tyres as well as material separation of electric motors, batteries and cable waste. Oxygen reduces emissions by treating toxic waste...
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08 April 2021
Food and beverage gases
Many of the improvements in food safety and quality have been achieved using industrial gases. Liquid nitrogen and carbon dioxide high quality product freezing. These gases are also used to maintain a...
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08 April 2021
Gases for breathing
Divers, who operate at depths of 300 m and more, depend on oxygen / helium – mixtures as a breathing gas.
Oxygen will be used in airplanes in case of cabin pressure loss for both pilots and passeng...
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08 April 2021
Gases for safety and inerting
Nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon and mixtures of these gases are inert and prevent the formation of explosive or oxidizing atmospheres. Carbon dioxide, argon and their mixtures are employed for fire fi...
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Glass, ceramics, other minerals
Oxygen can increase the production capacity of furnaces, nitrogen and argon are used as inert gases to prevent oxidation, argon and krypton can optimise the insulation in double or triple glazing and...
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Hydrogen energy
Hydrogen - a carrier of energy - with important future potential. Hydrogen, constituent in water and all organic matter, is the most abundant element in the universe. Many EIGA members have increased...
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Medicinal gases
Nitrous oxide and oxygen have been used for more than 100 years. Other gases, such as helium, are used in sophisticated techniques such as MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), keyhole surgery and PET (po...
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08 April 2021
Metallurgy
Large quantities of oxygen, nitrogen and argon are used in the steel and metal industry. Oxygen is used as a booster and reaction medium for combustion processes for steel and cast iron and can reduce...
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08 April 2021
Rubber, plastics, paint
Liquid nitrogen is employed in the cold grinding of thermoplastics, hardening and deflashing rubber, which is only possible at very low temperatures, and for cooling to increase quality and production...
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Semiconductor industry
Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, hydrogen and mixtures are required as high purity gases in microchip production. The delivery of these products at 99.999999% purity (and even higher) demands high standards i...
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Water treatment
High inorganic residues and high organic load in drinking water can be corrected with oxygen and ozone. Carbon dioxide controls hardness and, with hydrogen, reduces high nitrate values. For sewage wat...
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