Jennifer Bourn. This post is part of the Color Meaning Blog Series, detailing the meanings associated with colors such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, grey, black, white, brown, pink, turquoise, gold, silver, and beige.
The effect of replacing argon by nitrogen was investigated for the purÂ­pose of reducing welding costs. The study reveals that nitrogen can very well be used to replace argon for purging in pipe welding without any adverse effects on the properties of the unstabilized austenitic stainless steels.
Today, about 30% of the total fixed nitrogen is produced industrially using the Haber-Bosch process, which uses high temperatures and pressures to convert nitrogen gas and a hydrogen source (natural gas or petroleum) into ammonia.