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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 07:38:27 -1000 (HST)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*>
To: john 015 <CC015012@BR*.br*.ed*>
Cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: nitrox stickers


Hi John,

Thanks for the clarification RE: density.  At first I thought you meant 
mass/volume density (as in molecular weight), but then I figured out you 
meant # molecules/volume, which makes sense.  Now I uderstand that what 
you really mean is the difference between real and ideal gas laws.  Yes, 
I agree, the reactions depend on abundance of molecules.

> Is it possible that this effect can account for all the
> observered (?) differences/discrepancies/other ?

My gut feeling says no, because the real gas laws do not depart too much 
from ideal at the pressures we're talking about (well, maybe they do at 
300 bar, but not at most cylinder pressures). Bottom line: I still don't 
have a clear picture in my head on all this stuff.

Aloha,
Rich

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