[TheForge] Argon-CO2 mix question

[Jerry Smith]

I stand corrected at 5.1 atm it will liquify.

Jerry
--- Jerry Smith <jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com>
wrote:

> 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
> 
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