Food market |
Metal
/ Resin market |
Machining
market |
No oxygen sealing
Food preservation and gas filling wrapping
insertion
Controlled Atmosphere storage
Oxidation proof, freshness keeping
Quality preservation of dry goods
Pressure feed of beer, and others |
Laser beam
machining/ cutting stainless steel (No oxygen
cutting)
Heat treatment (Cooling: metallic vacuum
heat treatment furnace)
Oxidation proof
Atmosphere maintenance, cooling, and others. |
Dry
cutting (in Japanese)
(in place of cutting and grinding lubricants)
Decomposition/discoloration prevention
Oxidation proof, and others |
Chemical market |
Automobile
market |
Electric
/ Electronic market |
Explosion-proof
seal
Deterioration prevention
Pressure feed
Cooling, and others. |
Filling tires
(air leakage/pressure change prevention),
and others |
Anoxia atmosphere
soldering
Welding or connection atmosphere gas
Drying and sealing chemical agent
Oxidation proof, and others. |
|
|
Nitrogen application |
Used in the chemical industry |
36.1% |
Electricity-related |
29.9% |
Dealers |
7.2% |
Iron and steel / nonferrous |
5.7% |
Food |
5.4% |
Machinery-related |
5.2% |
Others |
10.5% |
(Estimated from the published Japan domestic-base
data) |