Ngokusho kwe-gasworld US Edition, ngoJulayi 2025,"INingizimu-mpumalanga ye-US inemakethe yegesi yezimboni enkulu kunazo zonke ezweni... I-Argon inikele ngo-$561.4m."[1] Lesi sibalo sibonisa ubukhulu besidingo se-argon kulo lonke elase-United States, esiqhutshwa yizimboni ezithembele kule gesi engasebenzi kahle ukuze zisetshenziswe kakhulu. Ekukhiqizeni i-semiconductor, i-argon ibalulekile ekudaleni izindawo ezihlanzekile kakhulu ezidingekayo ekukhuleni kwekristalu ye-silicon kanye nokucutshungulwa kwe-wafer. Emkhakheni we-photovoltaic, idlala indima ebaluleke ngokulinganayo ekudonseni i-silicon ingot, lapho i-argon ehlanzekile kakhulu isetshenziswa ukulawula umoya ngesikhathi sokukhula kwekristalu.
Inkinga efanayo iphawula ukuthi"i-emhlabeni jikeleleimakethe ye-semiconductor ibekwe kahle kakhulu njengamanje,”ngesidingo esiqhutshwa yi-AI, i-electronics yezimoto, kanye ne-computing ethuthukisiwe [2]. Njengoba ukukhiqizwa kwama-chip kukhuphuka futhi ukukhiqizwa kwamaseli elanga kukhula, isidingo se-argon ehlanzekile kakhulu siyaqhubeka nokukhula. Umsebenzi owodwa omkhulu wokudonsa i-silicon ingot ungadla amashumi ezinkulungwane zamamitha ayi-cubic e-argon minyaka yonke. Ukuthembela ekuhlinzekweni komthengisi kuphela kuveza abakhiqizi ekuphazamisekeni kwempahla, ukuguquguquka kwentengo, kanye nezingozi ezihambisana nokuthuthwa kwe-cryogenic liquids ibanga elide.
I-LipenGas ibilokhu ihamba phambili ekubhekaneni nale nselele cishe iminyaka eyishumi. Selokhu yasayina iphrojekthi yayo yokuqala enkulu yokubuyisa i-argon ngo-2017, inkampani iqhubekile nokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe bethu, yethula uhlelo lwethu lokubuyisa i-argon lwesizukulwane sesine ngo-2021. Inqubo yethu enelungelo lobunikazi ibamba futhi ihlanze igesi yomsila we-argon ekukhiqizweni kwe-silicon ingot, ifinyelela amazinga okubuyisa anciphisa kakhulu isidingo se-argon ewuketshezi engabonakali. Ngokuhlanganisa kabusha igesi ehlanziwe ngqo emgqeni wokukhiqiza, inkampani isiza abakhiqizi be-semiconductor kanye ne-photovoltaic ukuzivikela ekuguquguqukeni kwemakethe kanye nezingozi zokuhamba.
Njengoba inezimvume ezingaphezu kuka-200 ezivunyiwe kanye nerekhodi eliqinisekisiwe emkhakheni we-photovoltaic kanye ne-semiconductor, i-Shanghai LifenGas iyaziqhenya ngokusekela ukukhula kwemboni ngobunjiniyela obuletha kokubili ukusimama kanye nenzuzo. Emakethe lapho ukuqina kochungechunge lokuhlinzeka kubaluleke kakhulu, ukubuyiselwa kwe-argon endaweni kuguqula okokufaka okubalulekile kusuka ezindlekweni eziguquguqukayo kube yimpahla ephethwe, ethembekile.
Ireferensi:
[1] Uhlelo lwe-gasworld US, ngoJulayi 2025, “Izimakethe zesifunda umbiko waseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-US”
[2] Uhlelo lwe-gasworld US, ngoJulayi 2025, “Ingqungquthela Yegesi Ekhethekile ka-2025 iyabuyekezwa”
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