How to Use inert gas in a Sentence

inert gas

noun
  • During the process the torch blows an inert gas, such as argon, over the weld to protect it.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The wire is surrounded by a glass bulb that is usually filled with an inert gas.
    — Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The wire is surrounded by a tube of inert gas, such as argon or xenon, that has a window.
    — Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The inert gas keeps their rocket hardware safe by pushing out more volatile propellants in the case of a scrub.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Nitrogen is an inert gas that makes up about 78 percent of the air people breathe.
    — Mike Cason, AL.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Hunter said that people who die by inhalation of inert gases are dead within just a few minutes.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The Legacy uses a low-pressure inert gas cartridge to pop the cork from the bottle.
    — Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Rust has covered parts of the tanker and the inert gas that prevents the tanks from gathering inflammable gases, has leaked out.
    — Washington Post, 10 July 2020
  • Another tanker could berth next to the ship and—while pumping inert gas into the Safer’s oil tanks—suck out its Marib crude.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Its only byproduct is helium, an inert gas that doesn’t harm the environment.
    — Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The only byproduct of a fusion reaction is helium, an inert gas.
    — Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2022
  • An ion engine works by using an inert gas as a propellant; often this gas is xenon, but Takahashi used argon.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • To protect the cargo, the capsule is pressurized with nitrogen or some other inert gas.
    — David Szondy june 22, New Atlas, 22 June 2026
  • The needle pierces the cork allowing the wine to flow, while argon, an inert gas, will fill the airspace inside the bottle and preserve the wine’s freshness.
    — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2021
  • These are vacuum-sealed to remove air and water, filled with an inert gas such as helium to prevent corrosion, and welded shut.
    — Andrew Grant, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2011
  • Gas-piston guns exhibit a similar action, but the inert gas offers a bit of a cushioning effect.
    — Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 2 Mar. 2021
  • If oxygen does not displace the inert gas within the individual’s system, in just a few minutes, death will occur.
    — Timothy Williams, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The filament is enclosed in a glass bulb with a vacuum or inert gas to protect the filament from oxidation.
    — Regina Cole, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The fusion reaction is carried out in a liquid lithium pool, which is dynamically structured with inert gas.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Incandescent bulbs are constructed with a thin filament of tungsten wire surrounded by inert gas.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2016
  • The boilers are needed to power generators that, among other things, keep an inert gas that prevents explosions flowing.
    — Washington Post, 26 June 2020
  • The boilers are needed to power generators that, among other things, keeps an inert gas that prevents explosions flowing.
    — Washington Post, 26 June 2020
  • Instead of a long spring, a piston is compressed inside a cylinder, similar in design to the struts on your car, containing an inert gas such as nitrogen.
    — Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The mechanism blows inert gas across the fusion zone, preventing oxidation during the printing process.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Behind the scenes, the machine is pumping argon, an inert gas, back into the bottle, which protects the remaining wine from oxidation.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The new method simply involves placing a wetsuit inside a pressure tank no bigger than a beer keg filled with a heavy inert gas such as xenon or krypton — which transfer far less heat than air does — for about a day.
    — Charles Choi, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2018
  • Nitrogen is one of several inert gases that can cause hypoxia, an oxygen deficiency that causes death.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Professor Xie Xiujuan, lead scientist on the project, said the device was powered by a tube-shape vessel containing an inert gas.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The musty aroma didn’t supplant the fetor of failure and futility that hung in the air and along the corridors, like inert gases or the ghosts of the League of Nations.
    — Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The fire was fed by fuel leaks from two of the engines, and ABL's launch team was able to use water and inert gases to suppress the fire for more than 11 minutes.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2024

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