Krypton

Krypton (Kr) is produced as a by-product of xenon gas manufacture. The main uses for Krypton is in the lighting industry and environmental insulation products.

Environmental Window Insulation

Air Products customises krypton mixtures for 2 or 3-ply window planes to increase R-value and reduce U-factors for windows.

Lighting

Air Products customises high-purity krypton mixtures for exceptional brightness and bulb longevity.

Xenon for Semiconductor and Memory Chips Manufacturing

Xenon is used for etching and deposition of microchips in semiconductor manufacturing, both as an atmosphere, plasma and as an ion beam source for etching and deposition processes. Xenon used in this process needs to be very pure as any impurities will end up contaminating the silicon substrate or reacting with the process chemicals like fluorine to produce poisonous and highly corrosive hydrogen fluoride (HF). As a global leader in servicing the electronics industry, Air Products’ xenon is produced in our state-of-the-art electronics grade plant for better quality assurance. It can be used in excimer laser, laser buffer gases, etching of DRAM and 3D NAND and plasma display panels.

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Krypton

Applications

Environmental Window Insulation

Lighting

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