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air separation unit

5steps from the big bang

117things can go into it

argon gas

MaterialSubstance

Separated from liquefied air. It surrounds a growing silicon crystal so that nothing can react with it.

First appeared1894 (132 yrs ago)

Goes into

argon fluoride laser

Needed by

Separated from liquefied air. It surrounds a growing silicon crystal so that nothing can react with it.

From the big bang to argon gas

The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.

big bang13.8 bn yrs ago

Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago

star13.6 bn yrs ago

Ooxygen13.6 bn yrs ago

air2.4 bn yrs ago

argon gas1894