Air separation
Oxygen-rich streams from cryogenic distillation carry trace xenon into rare-gas recovery.
Industrial gas operations
Xenon production
and supply.
Calder XG recovers xenon from cryogenic air separation streams, operates dedicated concentration and purification equipment, and supplies qualified gas in managed packages.
Origin statusChecking plant systems…
99.999%available purity
5Nproduct specification
24/7process supervision
Xeatomic number 54
Operating scope
Recovery, purification
and packaged supply.
Xenon is present in air at less than one part per ten million. Production depends on integration with cryogenic air separation and careful control of low-volume intermediate streams.
Our scope covers rare-gas crude receipt, concentration, krypton/xenon separation, final polishing, analysis and cylinder or bundle filling.
Review the process route →Integrated operations
Four controlled
process stages.
Our process begins downstream of cryogenic air separation, not in an oil refinery. We isolate rare-gas concentrates, remove krypton and trace contaminants, then verify every product lot.
Concentration
Adsorption and staged distillation increase rare-gas concentration under monitored conditions.
Purification
Dedicated columns separate xenon from krypton before final contaminant removal.
Qualification
Analytical release, secure filling and documented custody complete the supply chain.
Application sectors
Supply defined by
technical requirements.
Electric propulsion
Controlled impurity profiles for satellite thruster qualification, acceptance testing and operation.
Instrumentation
Documented lots for detector systems, specialist imaging and laboratory programmes.
Lighting and optics
Repeatable gas quality for high-intensity discharge, flash and excimer applications.
Supply enquiries
Submit a technical requirement.
Include purity, impurity limits, package, quantity, destination and required date.
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