Gas profiles
Natural gas – Essential, everyday but unpredictable Subscription
Used in heating, cooking and electricity production, many facets of modern life could not exist without the fossil fuel natural gas.
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Calibration gases – The precision genre Subscription
This month’s gas report looks to Gasco Affiliates, LLC, a specialist calibration gas company, for an informed insight into the precise science that is, calibration gases.
Dry ice – A significance that’s far from subliminal Subscription
Dry ice comes in many forms, from pellets to slices, and serves a range of applications, from standard refrigeration to revolutionary blast cleaning – as gasworld reveals.
Chloro chemicals – Tied to China Subscription
Chloro chemicals are a group of compounds defined by their chlorine content. Jane Dawson explores the market for chloro chemicals in this month's gas report.
Nitrous oxide – Not a laughing matter Subscription
Commonly known as laughing gas or sweet air, nitrous oxide (N2O) is a colourless, non-flammable gas with a slightly sweet aroma. Jane Dawson explains the market dynamics for this gas.
Sulphur hexafluoride – Care required Subscription
As Jane Dawson discovered, perhaps most pertinent for sulphur hexafluoride is its dielectric withstand capacity and application in high voltage switchgear.
Laser gases – Chosen for success Subscription
Laser gases have developed a long way since their inception back in the 1960s, to permeate the very fabric of modern life.
Sulphur dioxide – Common, irreplaceable and on the ascent Subscription
Jane Dawson explores the market trends of a gas that's fundamental to the food and beverages industry.
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Helium – Wise husbandry required Subscription
Colourless, odourless and a limited resource, helium answers multiple applications and is undergoing something of a turnaround.
Refrigerant gases – Mundane but mandatory Subscription
Refrigeration epitomises an aspect of modern living that has become so integral to our lifestyles that to remove it would demand nothing less than a cultural revolution.
Aerosol gases – Daily applications Subscription
Aerosol gases epitomise the applicability of the industrial gases industry, seeing use in diverse sectors from medicine and cleaning to food storage.
Carbon monoxide – Toxic but vital Subscription
Being the first gas report of the New Year, we have returned to school and asked leading academics for their take on January’s gas of choice, carbon monoxide.
Regional analysis
Regional Markets: Global Update Subscription
According to Spiritus Consulting, the global market for industrial gas, equipment and related services reached a value of around $72bn in 2011, compared to its worth of approximately $66bn in 2010. This was achieved despite an apparent tail-off in industrial growth from Q1 (2011) toward Q4.
Special features
Equipment in the LNG supply chain Subscription
With the increasing opportunities being discovered in the LNG distribution chain, Cryostar’s Philippe Heisch offers an insight into the equipment deployed in the LNG supply sector - and why.
Interviews
10 minutes more with... Sylvie Villepontoux Subscription
Spend 10 minutes more with Sylvie Villepontoux and see what else the Managing Director of Air Liquide UK had to say about the future of the gases business both in the UK and globally, issues close to the heart of the BCGA, and even the last book she read.
