Industrial Gas

Analytical laboratories use gases to run their lab instruments. These gases must be very high or ultra high-purity gases to ensure accurate analyses and protect the instruments. They also conduct analysis and quality controls on raw materials, end products and industrial emissions to detect the trace and quantity of different components and impurities.

In industrial settings, the storage and handling of various substances may compromise their quality and create potentially hazardous situations. Air Liquide has the know-how and experience to manage these risks with purging, blanketing and inert gas injection solutions.

For over 100 years, gases used for cutting have been at the heart of Air Liquide’s offers. Over time, our technologies and know-how have evolved to meet the changing needs of our customers. We continually adapt our gas solutions to respond to the challenges of metal fabrication and assembly’s manufacturing processes.
 

In the assembly of electronic components, oxidation reaction, poor wettability and high peak temperature during soldering of printed circuit boards create harm to electronic solder joints. To offset these effects, using nitrogen to inert the atmosphere during soldering has become a globally accepted practice within electronics manufacturing.

Industrial cryogenics concerns applications where liquid gases such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, helium and hydrogen are used as refrigerants to modify the physical properties of materials or to maintain temperature during process steps. They can also be used as an energy source to power various applications such as fuel cell vehicles and microelectronics.

Modified atmospheric is a process for packaging food products together with a gas or gas mixture that replaces air inside the package and provides protective and reactive properties.
When combined, the gas and the packaging help to prevent microbial, enzymatic and physical deterioration in order to maintain the initial taste and quality of a food product.