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  2. Matheson (compressed gas & equipment) - Wikipedia

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    Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. produces industrial, medical, and specialty gases, and associated gas handling equipment, in North America.MATHESON offers semiconductor, medical, welding, atmospheric gases, rare gases delivered via pipelines, onsite generators, bulk tanks, and in gas cylinders to customers using gases in their labs, semiconductor fabs, hospitals, chemical plants, manufacturing and many ...

  3. Recreational use of nitrous oxide - Wikipedia

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    3 liter can of recreational nitrous oxide to fill up balloons A report from Consumers Union report from 1972 (based upon reports of its use in Maryland 1971, Vancouver 1972, and a survey made by Edward J. Lynn of its non-medical use in Michigan 1970) found that use of the gas for recreational purposes was then prevalent in the US and Canada .

  4. List of gas station chains in North America - Wikipedia

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    OLCO Petroleum Group – 319 stations in Ontario and Quebec; Petro-Canada – 1323 stations and 200 Petro-Pass stations across Canada; some acquired from BP (1983), Petrofina (1981) and Gulf Oil in the 1980s; Pioneer Petroleum – 130 stations in Ontario; 7-Eleven brand gasoline; Shell Canada – Canadian unit of Shell with 1800 stations across ...

  5. Airgas - Wikipedia

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    Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is an American supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases (delivered in packaged or cylinder form), as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals.

  6. Whipped-cream charger - Wikipedia

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    Whipped cream from a nitrous oxide dispenser, on a slice of pumpkin pie. Nitrous oxide is used because it dissolves easily into the cream, and does not cause the cream to oxidize while it is in the can. The cream must have a minimum fat content of 28% to produce whipped cream with a dispenser.

  7. Gas blending for scuba diving - Wikipedia

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    Gas blending for scuba diving (or gas mixing) is the filling of diving cylinders with non-air breathing gases such as nitrox, trimix and heliox. Use of these gases is generally intended to improve overall safety of the planned dive, by reducing the risk of decompression sickness and/or nitrogen narcosis , and may improve ease of breathing .

  8. Industrial gas - Wikipedia

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    A gas regulator attached to a nitrogen cylinder. Industrial gases are the gaseous materials that are manufactured for use in industry.The principal gases provided are nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon, hydrogen, helium and acetylene, although many other gases and mixtures are also available in gas cylinders.

  9. Medical gas supply - Wikipedia

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    Medical oxygen storage tanks at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Oxygen may be used for patients requiring supplemental oxygen via mask. Usually accomplished by a large storage system of liquid oxygen at the hospital which is evaporated into a concentrated oxygen supply, pressures are usually around 345–380 kPa (50.0–55.1 psi), [1] [2] or in the UK and Europe, 4–5 bar ...