Industrial gas
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'''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)]
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[[Category:Gases]]
[[Category:Chemical engineering]]
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[[uk:Промислові гази]]