Oxygen - O2
Oxygen increases the efficiency of many processes: metal fabrication, glass melting, water treatment, chemical and petrochemical industry applications.
Air Liquide supplies oxygen in varying quantities to meet the needs of many industries. Smaller quantities are available in single high-pressure compressed gas cylinders and multi-cylinder packs.
Description
Oxygen is essential to many industries. In the chemical industry, industrial grade oxygen is used to improve a large number of petrochemical processes. Oxygen is used in metal fabrication applications such as smelting, cutting and welding. Oxygen increases efficiency in a number of processes by reducing the amount of fuel used and decreasing carbon dioxide emissions.
In the healthcare industry, medical oxygen is used to treat respiratory insufficiencies, carbon monoxide poisoning and for resuscitation. In laboratories, ALPHAGAZ™ 1 oxygen provides 99.999% purity and is used as a bleaching agent, a combustible for flame detectors, an oxidizing agent and for silicon oxidation in semiconductor manufacturing. When your analytic and laboratory application is critical and requires ultra-high-purity oxygen, ALPHAGAZ 2’s 99.9995% pure oxygen is perfect. Both ALPHAGAZ grades of oxygen come in compressed gas cylinders equipped with open caps and SMARTOP™ valves.
Oxygen is available as a component in many gas mixtures. Oxygen in Nitrogen gas mixtures are used as span gas calibration mixtures in engine emissions testing in the automotive industry. These gas mixtures are ISO 17025 accredited and Part 86 compliant. Oxygen gas mixtures are also used in environmental, industrial hygiene and safety and laboratory applications.
Laboratory oxygen
Your activity in a research center or laboratory requires pure oxygen or a high quality mixture, discover our ALPHAGAZ™ offer.
ALPHAGAZ™ offers pure gases and special mixtures as well as gas processing equipment.
- ALPHAGAZ™ 1 offers 99.999% pure oxygen
- ALPHAGAZ™ 2 offers 99.9995% pure oxygen
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Chemistry(petrochemicals and polymers) |
Used in combination with other molecules to make plastics |
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Food |
Oxygenation of fish breeding ponds |
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Glass |
Eco-friendly glass fusion |
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Construction (mechanical / metal) |
Used in combination with a combustible gas for oxy-fuel welding and cutting e.g. acetylene (oxy-acetylene torch), propane, etc. |
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Refining |
Stimulation of certain facilities and recovery of residues (for the production of specialty chemicals and electrical energy) |
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Pulp & paper |
Eco-friendly paper pulp bleaching |
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Semi-conductors |
Used ultra-pure for the oxidation of certain materials |
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Space |
Cryogenic oxidiser for rocket engines |
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Steel industry |
Decarburisation of cast iron to produce steel and to enrich the air of blast furnaces |
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Other applications |
Biological water purification, clean waste incineration |
Gas Encyclopedia
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Find complete information on more than 60 molecules used in research, industry and health. You'll find a molecule comparison tool for lab use, a unit conversion tool, and 3D visualizations.
Safety Documentation
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