dissolved acetylene gas

As acetylene is an unstable substance, storage and transportation of acetylene as compressed or liquefied gas are used to be difficult. However, the development of gas cylinders filled with porous material saturated with solvent has made possible the storage and transportation of acetylene, greatly increasing its demand. Production output has especially increased rapidly since around mid-1950s. ApplicationsWelding, cutting, heating, removing glass and copper wire from molds, synthesis of pharmaceuticals, carbon raw materials Acetylene gas is generated by allowing calcium carbide to react with water. To obtain a clean gas, impurities and moisture are removed using a purifier and dryers, and stability is maintained by dissolving it in the solvent saturated in the porous material within the gas cylinder (dissolved acetylene gas).