Industrial gas

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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.

Air: air

Air gases - bulk gases produced from an Air Separation Unit
- nitrogen (N₂)
- oxygen (O₂)
- argon

Noble gases
- helium (He)
- argon (Ar)
- krypton (Kr)
- neon (Ne)
- xenon (Xe)

The other Elemental gases
- hydrogen (H₂)
- chlorine (Cl₂)
- fluorine (F₂)

Compound gases
- ammonia (NH₃)
- carbon dioxide (CO₂)
- carbon monoxide (CO)
- hydrogen chloride (HCl)
- nitrous oxide (N₂O)
- nitrogen trifluoride (NF₃)
- sulfur dioxide (SO₂)
- sulfur hexafluoride (SF₆)

Hydrocarbon gases
- methane (CH₄)
- acetylene (C₂H₂)
- ethane (C₂H₆)
- ethene (C₂H₄)
- propane (C₃H₈)
- propene (C₃H₆)
- butane (C₄H₁₀)
- butene (C₄H₈)