There are others on this list with far more knowledge than I, but I have been told that in determining the narcotic effect of a gas you must consider its lipid solubility. Oxygen has a high lipid solubility so therefore is in fact narcotic and should be considered when determining the END of a mixture. He does not, or is very low, so not a factor in the calculations. Bill Mee, George or JJ can answer this one better. My apologies if I have mis-stated anything. Traditional teachings by the agencies do not account for the O2 content of a mixture in determining the END. This is a mistake. End of subject. Mike ---Jsuw@ao*.co* wrote: > > When determining the acceptable narcosis exposure for a dive, it seems that > only the narcotic effect of nitrogen is considered. Oxygen is at least as > narcotic as nitrogen. Although helium is far less narcotic than either, it > still is an inert gas with potential to have narcotic properties. > > With this in mind, why is it that only nitrogen's narcotic effects are > considered? How can the narcotic effect of the other gases be accounted for? > Does it matter? > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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