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Argon
A versatile gas for the glass industry
Argon is a non-reactive, colorless, non-flammable gas, with low thermal conductivity that can be ionized easily.
Due to its unique properties, argon has many applications in glass manufacturing:
- as a powder carrier gas for a completely inert environment
- in the glass forming process to prevent detrimental reactions, such as the formation of glass defects, and to help protect the chambers/equipment where glass is formed
- to fill items made of glass to improve their performance or make them function, eg. filling of window and door insulated glass units (IGUs)
- to control the atmosphere inside autoclaves and hot isostatic presses (HIP) to prevent combustion of organic materials used to laminate glass products and/or other materials, such as cardboards used for product spacers
- as the primary plasma gas or as a secondary gas with nitrogen to increase its energy
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