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Argon and Metal products

Metal products depends on argon.

Argon (chemical) and Metal products (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Argon → Metal products

2 of the enterprise types in Metal products depend on argon; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 2 enterprise types depend on it
  • 3 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Integrated steel mills and electric-arc mini-mills: ladle stirring and shielding (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Structural steel fabricators and tube makers: weld shielding gas (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.