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I think it might be tied to steelmaking? Ie, if you are already doing work to generate oxy and nitrogen, getting a byproduct like neon is easier? So CAN the US
by tempnow987 5y ago
I think it might be tied to steelmaking? Ie, if you are already doing work to generate oxy and nitrogen, getting a byproduct like neon is easier?
So CAN the USA separate air? For sure. Maybe it's just cheaper. A lot of these stories about disruptions are disruptions of the CHEAP option.
- belorn 5y agoIt not really a byproduct per say of oxygen and nitrogen, but the byproduct of that process has a higher amount of neon than air by about 99 times. Still, the gas that we got is about 93% argon, and then you got to remove the carbon dioxide, but then its mostly neon left I think.