Specialty gases include rare gases or gas mixtures used for specialized or proprietary applications. Specialty gases are used for process control, calibration, laboratory applications, environmental monitoring, welding, semiconductor and electronics manufacturing, and medical and pharmaceutical production.
Specialty gases include high-purity gases for use in microelectromechanical or semiconductor manufacturing, rare gases that are used for laser applications or medical processes, and gas mixtures that are used in calibration applications. Gas mixtures may also be known as cylinder gases and are used for process control in a variety of industries. A cylinder gas is a mixture of a primary gas component and a balance gas and is typically stored and transported in a special pressurized aluminum cylinder. Blended gases are used for laboratory instrument calibration, chromatography, and lasers. They are typically contained in high pressure cylinders of various sizes depending on the application, and some mixtures may also come in liquid form.
Specialty gases include rare gases or gas mixtures used for specialized or proprietary applications. Specialty gases are used for process control, calibration, laboratory applications, environmental monitoring, welding, semiconductor and electronics manufacturing, and medical and pharmaceutical production.
Specialty gases include high-purity gases for use in microelectromechanical or semiconductor manufacturing, rare gases that are used for laser applications or medical processes, and gas mixtures that are used in calibration applications. Gas mixtures may also be known as cylinder gases and are used for process control in a variety of industries. A cylinder gas is a mixture of a primary gas component and a balance gas and is typically stored and transported in a special pressurized aluminum cylinder. Blended gases are used for laboratory instrument calibration, chromatography, and lasers. They are typically contained in high pressure cylinders of various sizes depending on the application, and some mixtures may also come in liquid form.
Specialty gases for use in electronics applications are often rare gases, or noble gases, and including xenon, krypton, and neon. They comprise a very small amount in the atmosphere and are inert. A rare gas emits colored light when it is electrically charged, making it useful for lighting applications, lasers, and medical imaging. Neon is a specialty gas commonly used as a fill gas in glass lighting fixtures. Neon’s ability to glow when electrically charged also makes it useful in visual indicators, voltage regulation applications, and in spark chambers that are used in atomic particle research applications. Xenon is also used in lighting and can be used in X-ray and CT imaging applications.
Specialty gases are made using a variety of techniques. Rare gases are produced by purifying, compressing and condensing air. Other specialty gases are produced by controlled chemical reactions. Gas production also includes mixing of specialty blended gases such as sulfur dioxide which contains only a few components or complex mixtures which may contain as many as 30 separate gases.
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