Argon

In 1894, Argon, a neutral, colourless gas was discovered by Sir William Ramsay (British Physical Chemist) and Lord John Rayleigh (British Scientist). Argon derived from the Greek word "αργόν" (argos) meaning "the lazy one" in reference to its chemical inactivity. Argon exists only in the atmosphere. Air contains about 0.9 % of argon. Argon is produced through air cryogenic distillation.

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Typical applications:

Filling gas for incandescent lamp industry
Purging and shielding gas for welding
Zero, diluting and carrier gas for analysis
Inerting gas in metallurgy, semiconductor industry
Used with hydrogen in plasma jet torches
Used pure of mixed with methane as quenching gas (spark spectrometers, electron capture detectors)
Used in emission spectrometry (ICP)
Used in ICP-MS

Cylinder Size Chart

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