13 SEP 12
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INERT GASES 
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 INERT MIXED GASES
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 Argon
Ionizes easily, deep fusion penetration, finger-shaped, low cost to manufacture (filtered out of ambient air⁄.  
 Helium
Difficult to ionize; high heat conductivity; deep, wide penetration; fluid weld pool; good wetting; more expensive 
than argon (filtered out of natural gas⁄
 Argon-Helium Mix
The advantages/disadvantage of each gas increases and decreases in relation to the proportion within the mix.  
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 ACTIVE MIXED GASES
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 CO
2
Reacts with the material, deeper reduced-pore fusion penetration, tends towards spattering, cheap to manufacture  
 Argon  CO2
Combines advantages of its components, the most used gas combination for unalloyed steel and chrome-nickel
 Argon  Oxygen
Arc more stable, reduced surface tension of weld pool, pore-sensitive, Oxygen 8% maximum
Gas Characteristics
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Weld Process