Argon Shortage

[Popcorn]

My local suppliers Eng-weld (who are always great) haven't got any and they're not sure when they will get any more.
Anyone else having problems getting gas ?

 

[Munkul]

Energas have no issues with getting argon. At least, not right now.

 

[qwakers]

just picked up 2 bottles from airproducts. no issues.

 

[Erie Fred]

Got a tank the size of a semi (artic) tanker out back of my office, they come by once a month
or so.
Shall I spill some off for you ?
Send over some buckets.....

 

[Popcorn]

Energas have no issues with getting argon. At least, not right now.

Well about six hours ago they didn't have any at my local branch and couldn't tell my other half when they would have get some more.

 

[Erie Fred]

IIRC Argon comes along for the ride when distillation of air is done for making Oxygen, same with nitrogen.

Once you split it off as a liquid, you have to sell it quickly, or it vents off.

Unlike CO2 and propane/butane, you can't keep the bottle corked up forever.

So if industry is not buying much oxygen or the nitrogen, they don't want to run the plant very often.

 

[More Amps]

Unlike CO2 and propane/butane, you can't keep the bottle corked up forever.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say, but Argon is a noble (inert) gas and is therefore one that you definitely can keep "corked up forever" A bottle of Argon/CO2 mixture might separate over time but can easily be re-mixed by rolling the bottle on the floor.

 

[Bullet2012]

its all gone here.

Argon-assisted hydrogen engine rivals a diesel

A team of German researchers have developed a closed-loop hydrogen engine that has received a great deal of interest from the commercial marine sector

www.ibinews.com

 

[Jack Ryan]

A bottle of Argon/CO2 mixture might separate over time but can easily be re-mixed by rolling the bottle on the floor.

Those gases won't separate so no need for that.

Jack

 

[Munkul]

Well about six hours ago they didn't have any at my local branch and couldn't tell my other half when they would have get some more.

I would be willing to bet that the agent has forgotten to reorder before running out, and the distribution people haven't got a delivery route booked in yet.

No different to our own gas setup, we've no oxygen right now because no one asked me to reorder and i didn't check stock levels myself, so we're waiting til hopefully next week they get a delivery booked in