High Purity Gases & Their Applications in Laboratories
Today, modern laboratories are continuously testing, examining and analyzing. Part of what makes that possible is the use of compressed gases like Helium, Hydrogen and Nitrogen. We typically see labs using these gases for different applications whether they are being used to power instruments or as a carrier gas to carry samples for chromatography. Depending […]
How CO2 Gaseous Fire Suppression Systems Work
Typically when we walk into a building and look up, we’ll see fire sprinklers on the ceiling in case of fire. We also see this system commonly used in movies. There’s usually a scene where the student pulls the fire alarm and the emergency sprinklers go off. But those sprinklers aren’t the only type of […]
How Liquid Gas Rocket Propellant Helps Fuel Spacecrafts
Space travel sparks curiosity, adventure and excitement as people watch a spacecraft launch into orbit. The countdown makes your heart race faster and then you see the gust of fire and vapor as the craft starts to ascend upward. When it comes down to powering a spacecraft for launch, rocket propellant plays a huge role. […]
Specialty & Industrial Gases Used in Mining Applications
Many times, when people hear the word “mining”, they think about historical times and usually say something like, “People still mine today?”. Well, as a matter of fact, yes. Mining is pretty much an ancient practice as the earliest mining activities were about 20,000 years ago. But it wasn’t until about 10,000 years ago when […]
How Gases Are Used All Around Us and In Our Daily Life
Our everyday lives are full of applications and processes that require the use of various types of gases. While we may not notice how gases are used all around us, they are essential in many different areas of our lives. When talking about common gases, we’re typically talking about oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon and […]
How Gases Are Used For Semiconductor Manufacturing
The semiconductor industry is a huge industry worldwide and continues to grow every year, which means the demand for high purity gases will grow alongside it. Having a reliable supply of high purity gases is crucial to semiconductor manufacturing especially when it comes to advanced technologies like smartphones and self-driving cars for example. The process […]
What is Dry Ice and How is it Used?
Dry ice is the solid form of carbon dioxide and is used primarily as a cooling agent. A block of dry ice has a surface temperature of minus 109 degrees Fahrenheit. It also has the very nice feature of “sublimation” as it breaks down, it turns directly into carbon dioxide gas rather than a liquid thus avoiding all […]
The Increasing Demand for Anesthesia Gas Blenders in the U.S. and Beyond
An anesthesia gas blender is a main component of an anesthesia delivery machine. The prime function of the anesthesia gas blender is for mixing two or more gases to provide controlled anesthesia during surgery. The anesthesia gas blenders comes with a knob for manual handling or it can be electronic for automated handling, to control […]
Happy 152nd Birthday Helium!
You may think of helium as the stuff in party balloons, or the gas that can make your voice squeaky. But helium has revealed itself to have an array of more practical uses, from essential equipment in science labs to common medical scanners and even scuba tanks. What is Helium? Helium is a colorless, […]
How Industrial Gases are Used to Innovate in Manufacturing
Industrial gases are the gaseous materials that are manufactured for use in industry. The principal gases provided are nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon, hydrogen, helium and acetylene, although many other gases and mixtures are also available in gas cylinders. They are a vital part of the manufacturing process of a wide range of industries […]