Nitrous oxide – Not a laughing matter in electronics manufacture
Nitrous oxide (N2O), often referred to as laughing gas, is used in the high-tech thin film industries of semiconductor and LCD display manufacturing.
Nitrous oxide (N2O), often referred to as laughing gas, is used in the high-tech thin film industries of semiconductor and LCD display manufacturing.
From its corporate base in Oldsmar, Florida, Gasco is the leading and only independent manufacturer of precision calibration gas mixtures in the US and a major player on the international stage, providing a wide range...
Europe leads the way on the phasedown of high GWP (global warming potential) HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) as F-Gas bans and refrigerant quota reductions approach rapidly. This is already putting a considerable pressure on the supply chain...
When the freshly-revised fluorinated gas (F-gas) regulation came into force two years ago, it really put the pressure on those in the refrigerant business to switch to more environmentally-friendly alternatives – with its impact being...
China reported that its gross domestic growth (GDP) for the first three quarters of 2016 achieved RMB 52.9bn ($7.6bn), an increase of 6.7% over the same period in 2015 (increase in GDP for the first...
Last month gasworld explored the gas industries of Western Europe, where economic uncertainty prevails in the midst of a number of largely political dynamics. Here we turn to Eastern Europe, where a similar outlook exists, albeit...
Cryogenic Gas Technologies, Inc. (Cryo Technologies) is a leading independent supplier of custom cryogenic and non-cryogenic gas processing systems based in Allentown, Pennsylvania (US). The privately-owned company was founded in 1995 by its President, Rick...
Typically, this space each month is occupied by an interview we conduct with a leading executive on current industrial gas industry topics. But with the importance of this month’s safety theme, we felt it important...
With its critical level of importance, most companies in the industrial gas industry make safety an integral part of their corporate culture.
Although not common within the industry, gas cylinder accidents do occur, and over the past several years these incidents — most of them small and isolated — have caused property damage, injuries, and even death....
