[TheForge] Argon-CO2 mix question

[Jerry Smith]

Bruce,

Maybe I missed some in college chemistry 101, but I
thought CO2 could only be a gas or a solid, maybe I am
wrong. 

Jerry

--- Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> If the argon and CO2 exist as gases in the cylinder,
> then separation is impossible.
> 
> However, CO2 may exist at that temperature and
> pressure as a liquid, in which case separation is
> possible.
> 
> I would guess that in formulating the Argon-CO2
> mixture, this possibility was accounted for, and
> somehow rendered irrelevant.  
> 
> However, to be sure, you'd have to talk to a
> technical
> man at the gas supplier.  I don't mean the local
> welding supply store, but someone back at the
> headquarters of the company - like AirGas, MG, etc.
> -
> that does the gas blending.
> 
> Bruce
> NJ