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Removal of hydrogen and methane from argon

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GhazaliSyed

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Does any one know if we can remove Hydrogen and methane by the means of wet scrubber from Argon.
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I would guess that your best bet would be to raise the pressure up until the argon condensed and you could bleed off the liquid. The other choice would be a membrane but you would have to look around to find one for your application.

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StoneCold
 
This would be a bit complex but you could take your gas stream and combust it. You'd get water and CO2 which you could remove in a pH controlled wet scrubber.
 
Since H2 boils at -430, CH4 -258 and Ar -302, seperating would be tough via cryogenics. Your best bet is mole sieves or a membrane.
 
Thank you all for your replies.
I am now looking at membrane separation for the purpose.
 
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