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Default Nitrogen gas for preserving...

dank wrote:
> Does anyone know where to get small cylinders of nitrogen
> or argon gas to use in food preserving? Jars of dried
> herbs can have the air displaced and replaced with inert
> nitrogen which protects the material from oxidation.
>
> But I can only find huge cylinders on the Internet, and
> those companies are only interested in corporate clients.
> I also saw liquid nitrogen used to kill insects inside
> walls; it either suffocates them or they can be killed as
> they exit the wall while fleeing.



Will CO2 work?

Bob