Using a regulator with Air after using it with Argon
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No problem.
Concur.
Argon is inert. I think I'd want to make sure the lines are purged before taking a hit off the tank, though.
Ian
Argon is inert. I think I'd want to make sure the lines are purged before taking a hit off the tank, though.
Ian
I was reading a similiar thread regarding argon tanks being used with air.
It was suggested that the valve be removed and a high pressure air hose be used to clean out the inside of the tank. THe tank was supposed to sit for awhile before putting it back together in order to get all the Argon out (upside down I suppose).
I figured the reg would probably not be as big a deal but I wanted to make sure.
It was suggested that the valve be removed and a high pressure air hose be used to clean out the inside of the tank. THe tank was supposed to sit for awhile before putting it back together in order to get all the Argon out (upside down I suppose).
I figured the reg would probably not be as big a deal but I wanted to make sure.
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If you emptied the tank and then filled it with air you'd wind up with less than 0.5% argon in the mix, hardly enough to worry about.
For the first stage, I'd just give it a good purge. 5-10sec at the most.
For the tank, I'd air on the side of caution and remove the valve, invert the tank (argon is denser...) and give it a good blow - much like drying a tank after cleaning.
Yeah, 0.5% is close to nothing, but still......
For the tank, I'd air on the side of caution and remove the valve, invert the tank (argon is denser...) and give it a good blow - much like drying a tank after cleaning.
Yeah, 0.5% is close to nothing, but still......
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Particularly considering that normal air has almost 1% argon.Thalassamania:
The 3rd largest component after nitrogen and oxygen.
Well then, Argon must be a greenhouse gas, right? Is that why it keeps you warmer in a drysuit than air? Traps incoming heat and doesn't let it out as easily?
We can solve global warming by using government money to pull all the argon out of the air and they can dispose of it by giving it to divers to use in their drysuits.
Of course it'll end up in the atmosphere again but if we can just convince some of the extreme liberals (not the normal ones, they are generally too smart, but some of them will raise the hue and cry about anything, much like extremists of any sort, except more environmentally conscious) to try it, then we'd get free argon!
Next, we have to convince them that helium is bad.
We can solve global warming by using government money to pull all the argon out of the air and they can dispose of it by giving it to divers to use in their drysuits.
Of course it'll end up in the atmosphere again but if we can just convince some of the extreme liberals (not the normal ones, they are generally too smart, but some of them will raise the hue and cry about anything, much like extremists of any sort, except more environmentally conscious) to try it, then we'd get free argon!
Next, we have to convince them that helium is bad.
Thalassamania:
Not likely, since air is almost 1% argon itself.
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