Argon Gas

Listing ID #3771349

GSFC has Air Separation Unit with a capacity to manufacture 3.2 million NM3 per year Argon Gas.
Applications
=Inert gas shield in arc welding.
=Welding and cutting of Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Titanium etc. mainly to create an inert zone.
=In electronics, lamp and valve manufacture.
=In metal refining, treatment and brazing.
=In degassing of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys.
=Vacuum Spectrometry.
=A.O.D. process for stainless steel manufacture.
=Heat treatment of reactive metals and alloys.
=Refining of copper.
=Geiger counting tubes.
=Flushing molten metals to eliminate porosity.
=Aircraft and missile industries.
=Titanium and Zirconium refining.
=Laboratory and research medical application.
=Nuclear applications - for creating inert atmosphere in the manufacture of rare and semi-rare metals.
=Cryogenics and refrigeration.
=Brazing and soldering.
=Gas Chromatography and Gas Analysis.
=Its use as inert gas or atmosphere in miscellaneous applications is growing as fast as new production can take care of the demand.