Business Areas

Nitrogen Applications

Nitrogen is used in many industries for wide range of applications such as:

•Chemical Processes where oxygen shall be avoided in the process because of oxidation of the product.

•Food for extending the shelf-life in packaged foods by preventing spoilage from oxidation, Moisture migration and insect infestation.

•Petroleum Recovery and Refining: To blanket storage tanks and product loading/unloading, to purge pipelines.

•Metal Production and Fabrication: To protect metals such as steel, copper and aluminum during annealing, carburizing and sintering operations in high temperature furnaces,To cool extrusion dies.

•Electronics: To prevent Oxidation in the manufacture of semiconductors and printed circuits, To enhance solvent recovery systems by eliminating the use of chlorofluorocarbons for cleanup.

•Glass Manufacturing: To cool furnace electrodes and prevent oxidation during manufacturing, To lower air temperatures for optimum cooling rates.

•Research and Health Services: To freeze and preserve blood, tissue, semen and other biological specimens, To freeze and destroy diseased tissue in cryosurgery and dermatology, To pre-cool or insulate Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Conserving the more costly helium.