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Food foaming agents - History and uses

By foaming agent, we mean a chemical compound that facilitates the formation of foam and helps the foam and stay intact by strengthening the bubbles....

Air conditioning - The story shared by Settala Gas

Some people love it, others hate it. There are those who, in summer, keep it on at all hours and those who don't, saying that it makes them sick and...

How to use and store gas cylinders safely

It has always been important to store gas cylinders safely in order to avoid accidents related to their bursting and caused by carelessness and...

Geothermal energy - Use

The term geothermal energy refers to a renewable energy source derived from the natural heat of the Earth and used to produce both electrical energy...

Natural gas extraction - Natural gas fields in Italy

The term natural gas refers to hydrocarbons and gases such as nitrogen, propane, carbon dioxide and butane that are present in higher or lower...

Discovering refrigerant gases: properties, uses and advantages

Blas Villafranca first used the term “refrigerant” in 1550 in his treatise in which he explained how to refrigerate using potassium nitrate or...

Settala Gas refrigerant gases – Why them

The history of refrigerant gases looks back to 1834 and in the nineteenth century were used natural gases with compounds of water, ammonia, sulphur...

Discovering special gases - Properties and uses

Settala Gas produces and sells special gases in Italy and Europe and has been a reference point in the industry for over 40 years with customers in...

Discovering environmentally friendly hydrocarbons - Properties, uses and benefits

Hydrocarbons are organic compounds characterized only by carbon and hydrogen. If used exclusively as fuels, they represent a source of atmospheric...

Discovering Pure Hydrocarbons: Properties, uses and advantages

Hydrocarbons are compounds derived from the combination of carbon and hydrogen and from pure hydrocarbons, it is possible to create other organic...

Settala environmentally friendly hydrocarbons - Why to choose them

Since 2010, CFC gases have been banned in order to protect the stratospheric ozone layer and contribute to people's well-being and survival. In...

Settala - Hydrocarbons for food packaging

Hydrocarbons for food packaging are commonly known as MO and include MOSH and MOAH, a heterogeneous group of substances consisting of chains of...

Hydrocarbons in food mineral oils: are they dangerous?

Few people know that mineral oil residues that are harmful to human health contaminate some items such as rice, flour, breakfast cereals, pasta and...

Domestic refrigeration - Origins, history and gases used

Domestic refrigeration has a long history and before the invention of refrigerators, ice was stored in iceboxes. 1913 the Domelre company produced...

Industrial refrigeration - Origins, history and gases used

Refrigeration is the process of lowering the temperature of a room or container below the outside temperature by subtracting heat. In line with...

Oil exploration in Italy - History

It can be said that the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in Italy with industrial techniques began in the second half of the nineteenth...

ADR standards – Definition and implication

The term ADR refers to the Dangerreuses Route Agreement, i.e. the European agreement relating to the international transport of dangerous goods by...

Natural gas -Frequently asked questions about storage

Natural gas brings with it the issue of storage; we see here together the answer to the most common questions.

Settala pure hydrocarbons - Reasons why

Hydrocarbons are organic compounds in which carbon atoms are joined to hydrogen atoms by covalent bonds. Hydrocarbons are part of the organic...

Settala special gases – The reason why

Special or industrial gases are widely used in all industrial sectors, from food processing to automotive, from steelmaking to water treatment....

Compressed gases - Definition

Compressed gases refer to gases that have a critical temperature above -10°C and for reasons of transport, storage and use are stored in containers...

Medicinal and technical gases - Storage characteristics

Even in the healthcare and hospital sectors, "medical gases" are used which have different locations depending on their characteristics and use....

Kyoto Protocol – Content

Today everyone is familiar with the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement on climate change which aims to reduce the emissions of gases...

LPG, propane, methane and butane - The best-known gases

The acronym LPG or liquefied petroleum gases refers to hydrocarbons and their mixtures, which tend to take on liquid form at certain pressures. For...

Hydrocarbons - An overview of these gases

Hydrocarbons produced and sold by Settala Gas mainly belong to the refrigerant category and include R290 Propane, R600a Isobutane, R1270 Propylene....

Hydrocarbons – Why are they pollutants?

Hydrocarbons present in the environment are of different types: Saturated like alkanes Unsaturated like alkanes ...

Oil extraction- Method

Oil extraction includes several techniques and processes that allow taking this product from the subsoil, where it has accumulated over time. Even...

Natural gas - Environmental impact and why to prefer it

Among the fossil fuels in addition to coal and oil is natural gas, which is considered a bridge to the shift towards the increasing use of renewable...

Short history of oil extraction

Oil or rock gold represents a liquid mixture of alkane hydrocarbons and is found in deposits in the upper layers of the earth's crust. In addition,...

Aerosol cans - Story

The term aerosol refers to a colloid of fine solid particles or drops of liquid that move in the air or in another gas, and aerosol production...

Refrigerant hydrocarbons - Advantages in reducing GWP

Among the most common used gases are hydrocarbon refrigerants and in particular Propane, Isobutane and Propylene. In addition to these main...

Isobutane – Definition and use

Isobutane means the simplest alkane, which contains carbon and is used as a refrigerant fluid. This gas, which is identified as R600a, is obtained by...

Propane – Definition and use

Propane is an aliphatic hydrocarbon that belongs to the saturated alkanes and occurs as a colourless, odourless gas. It occurs naturally as a...

Methane – Definition and Uses

Methane is definitely the lightest of fuels and is composed of one atom of carbon and one atom of hydrogen. It has been a hydrocarbon known since...

Gas oil - A hydrocarbon you may not know enough about

You may not know this, but gas oil is a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons that is obtained from the distillation of crude oil and is used as a fuel for...

Packaging - More and more companies are using hydrocarbons

More and more companies are using hydrocarbons for packaging, and civil society is becoming increasingly aware of the issue of environmental...

The process of electronic delocalization of hydrocarbons

In physical chemistry, the delocalized electron is a molecule not associated with an atom or a covalent bond and which is part of an electronic...

MOSH and MOAH - All about these substances

MOSH and MOAH are hydrocarbons that are considered chemical contaminants, not intentionally added to food and feed, but may be present because of...

Hydrocarbons: are they really contaminants in food packaging?

Mineral oils are composed of mixtures of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons of varying composition, which derive from petroleum distillates....

Refrigerators - How much do they consume and what powers them?

Every home today has a refrigerator, but how does the cooling process take place and how much does this appliance really consume? Let us find out...