Argon?
I run straight argon on my heliarc machine, would this work as a propellant? thanks!
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quote The Machinist:
Stupid me, I looked at my gauges wrong..I was reading the kpa not the psi…DUH…. 😳
I did the same the first time I thought about it. When considering inert gasses I just remembered seeing the 15000 on one of my regulators. Wasn’t until later I looked close enough to see that was the metric scale. Glad I realized, before buying any parts to try and hook it up. 🙄
Stupid me, I looked at my gauges wrong..I was reading the kpa not the psi…DUH…. 😳
quote The Machinist:
I run straight argon on my heliarc machine, would this work as a propellant? thanks!
As an inert gas it should be fine, however my argon welding tanks are only 2400-2500psi IIRC, not useful, maybe yours come filled to a higher pressure?. I had thought about that alternative myself.
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Argon is really the wrong sort of gas to use. The very property that makes it a great shield gas when welding (it’s very heavy) works against you. The whole idea of Helium is to be light. Heavy stuff is hard to get going, change direction, stop and stuff. Performance would be lower than with the same pressure of HPA, probably much lower.
And much more expensive.
Doug Owen