Jun 8, 2020 | Air Gases, Element gases, Industrial Gases
Nitrogen is essential to life on Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be found in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are present in organic materials, foods, fertilizers, explosives, and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, but in excess it can...
May 30, 2020 | Air Gases, Element gases, Industrial Gases
Argon gas (Ar)Argon is a colorless, odorless, non-reactive, inert gas. In high concentrations, it has an asphyxiating effect. As argon is an atmospheric gas (0.93% vol.), it is generally sourced by separating air. A crude Argon stream containing up to 5% oxygen...
May 30, 2020 | Air Gases, Element gases, Industrial Gases
Hydrogen gas (H2) Hydrogen is a colorless, odorless, nonmetallic, tasteless, highly flammable diatomic gas with the molecular formula H2. With an atomic weight of 1. 00794, hydrogen is the lightest element. Besides the common H1 isotope, hydrogen exists as the...
May 30, 2020 | Air Gases, Element gases, Industrial Gas Applications, Industrial Gases
Oxygen (O2) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas essential to living organisms, being taken up by animals, which convert it to carbon dioxide; plants, in turn, utilize carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and return the oxygen to the atmosphere. Oxygen forms...
Mar 25, 2020 | Air Gases, Nitrogen(N2)
History xAbout four-fifths of Earth’s atmosphere is nitrogen, which was isolated and recognized as a specific substance during early investigations of the air. Carl Wilhelm Scheele, a Swedish chemist, showed in 1772 that air is a mixture of two gases, one of which he...
Mar 25, 2020 | Air Gases, Oxygen(O2)
Diatomic oxygen gas makes up 20.8% of the Earth’s atmosphere. The constituents of oxides make up about half of the Earth’s crust. The Origin of Oxygen in Earth’s Atmosphere It’s hard to keep oxygen molecules around, despite the fact that...
