Industrial gas is a group of gases that are commercially manufactured and sold for uses in other applications. These gases are mainly used in an industrial processes, such as steelmaking, oil refining, medical applications, fertilizer, semiconductors, etc,. They may be both organic and 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.

[edit] Common industrial gases

This list shows the most common gases sold by industrial gas companies. Many gas mixtures are also sold.

[edit] Applications

[edit] Distribution

• Pipelines
• Bulk transport (truck, rail, ship)
• Cylinders (oxy-fuel welding and cutting, breathing, soda fountain)

Compressed gas cylinders containing oxygen and MAPP gas.

[edit] Companies in the industrial gas business

• AGA AB (part of The Linde Group)
• Airgas
• Air Liquide
• Air Products & Chemicals
• BASF
• BOC (part of The Linde Group)
• The Linde Group (formerly Linde AG)
• Praxair

[edit] See also

• Chemical engineer
• Liquefaction of gases
• Gasworld

[edit] External links

• Asian Industrial Gases Association (AIGA)
• Compressed Gas Association (CGA)
• European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA)
• Japanese Industrial Gases Association (JIGA)

• Chemical Achievers - Theory and production of gases

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