Industrial gases play a pivotal role in a variety of fabrication and manufacturing processes. Among the most widely used is argon.
Named from the Greek word for ‘lazy’ or ‘inactive’ argon is indeed a truly inert gas and one of six so-called ‘noble’ gases which occur naturally – all of them odourless, colourless and non-reactive.
Argon is also the most abundant, and most cost-effective, of the inert gases, which explains its wide use in manufacturing and other industrial processes. As a shielding gas, argon is used to improve quality, optimise performance and reduce costs in a variety of processes such as cutting and welding in the fabrication, automotive, and machine building industries.
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