LIQUID ARGON (LAR)

Properties:
• Colourless, odourless and tasteless
• Heavier than air
• Non-combustible and Inert to all materials at all temperature and pressures
• Non-toxic but an asphyxiant
• Boiling point -186 °C

Specification:
99.999 vol%
Oxygen < 3 vpm
Nitrogen < 5 vpm
Moisture < 3 vpm

Application:
• Used in the semiconductor industry as a shielding gas in produce crystal silicon processed known as crystal pulling)
• Used as a shielding gas for MIG and TIG wielding
• For plasma gas cutting operation and coating metals with refractory material
• Fills the inter-space in double glazed windows
• Used in incandescent lamp industry or the filling light bulbs and fluorescent lamp
• Dehydrogenizing refining of melted aluminium silicon, germanium and etc
• As a carrier gas for analytical instrument