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To: techdiver@opal.com
Subject: re: titanium wetsuits
From: shelps@ac*.ma*.ad*.ed*.au* (Prime Rat)
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 08:59:56 +0930
>In the last day or two I've heard of stainless steel lined wetsuits
>that are supposed to conduct heat more evenly across a person's body
>and titanium lined wetsuits where a metal is supposed to act as a
>superior insulator compared to materials loaded with dead air. I'm
>sorry, but I don't buy any of this.

I don't buy any of it either except that a Seatsuits 5mm in 'stainless 
steel' (if that's what it really is) is as warm as a Seasuits 7mm flock 
lined suit so I don't care.  It works.  Someone on this list must work in a 
place where the themal conductivity of different wetsuit materials can be 
tested?

/Rat

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shelps@ac*.ma*.ad*.ed*.au*         Stephen Helps
                                        Anaesthesia & Intensive Care
                                        University of Adelaide
                                        ADELAIDE, 5005, South Australia
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If everything seems to be going well, you've probably overlooked something 
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