Industrial gas 2861157 224717699 2008-07-10T02:48:02Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[uk:Промислові гази]] '''Industrial gas''' is a group of gases that are [[commerce|commercial]]ly [[Manufacturing|manufactured]] and [[Wiktionary:sold|sold]] for uses in other applications. These gases are mainly used in an industrial processes, such as [[steel]]making, [[Medicine|medical]] applications, [[fertilizer]], [[semiconductor]]s, etc,. They may be both [[organic compound|organic]] and [[Inorganic compound|inorganic]], are produced by extraction from the air by a process of separation or are produced by chemical synthesis, and will take various forms such as compressed, [[liquid]], or [[solid]]. == Types of industrial gases == * [[acetylene]] (C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>) * [[carbon dioxide]] (CO<sub>2</sub>) * [[carbon monoxide]] (CO) * [[chlorine]] (Cl<sub>2</sub>) * [[hydrogen]] (H<sub>2</sub>) * [[hydrogen chloride]] (HCl) * [[methane]] (CH<sub>4</sub>) * [[nitrous oxide]] (N<sub>2</sub>O) * [[propane]] (C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>8</sub>) * [[sulfur dioxide]] (SO<sub>2</sub>) * Air gases ** [[argon]] (Ar) ** [[nitrogen]] (N<sub>2</sub>) ** [[oxygen]] (O<sub>2</sub>) * Rare gases ** [[helium]] (He) ** [[krypton]] (Kr) ** [[neon]] (Ne) ** [[xenon]] (Xe) == Applications == * [[Chemical industry]] * [[Cutting]] and [[welding]] * [[Environmentalism|Environmental protection]] * [[Food processing]] * [[Breathing gas|Gases for breathing]] * Gases for safety and [[inerting system|inerting]] * [[Glass]], [[Ceramic|ceramics]], other minerals * Medical gases * [[Metallurgy]] * Rubber, plastics, paint * [[Semiconductor industry]] * [[Water treatment]] == Distribution == * [[Pipeline transport|Pipelines]] * Bulk transport ([[Road transport#Trucking and Hauling|truck]], [[rail transport|rail]], [[ship transport|ship]]) * [[Bottled gas|Cylinders]] ([[oxy-fuel welding and cutting]], breathing, [[soda fountain]]) [[Image:Compressed gas cylinders.mapp and oxygen.triddle.jpg|thumb|right|Compressed gas cylinders containing [[oxygen]] and [[MAPP gas]].]] == Companies in the industrial gas business == * [[Advanced Gas and Welding Solutions]] [http://www.agwsonline.com] * [[Adsorptech Inc.]] * [[AGA AB]] (part of [[The Linde Group]]) * [[Airgas]] * [[Air Liquide]] * [[Air Products & Chemicals]] * [[Air Water]] * [[BASF]] * [[The BOC Group|BOC]] (part of [[The Linde Group]]) * [[InterGas]] * [[The Linde Group]] (formerly [[The Linde Group|Linde AG]]) * [[Praxair]] * [[Valley National Gas]] * [[Gasworld]] * [[Advanced Gas and Welding Solutions]] ==External links== * [http://www.asiaiga.org/ Asian Industrial Gases Association (AIGA)] * [http://www.cganet.com/ Compressed Gas Association (CGA)] * [http://www.eiga.org European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA)] * [http://www.jiga.gr.jp/english Japanese Industrial Gases Association (JIGA)] {{Business-stub}} {{Chem-stub}} [[Category:Gases]] [[Category:Chemical engineering]] [[es:Gas industrial]] [[uk:Промислові гази]]