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Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 12:41:40 -0600 (MDT)
To: techdiver@terra.net
From: "Christopher M. Parrett" <chris@ab*.co*>
Subject: Re: O2 Narcotic Properties
At 04:09 AM 8/8/96 GMT, you wrote:
>In "The Mixed Gas Diving Book" by Gilliam, mount, et al... There is a table
>listing the narcotic properies of most gases.  Does anyone have the data
>for oxygen???
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There are two routes you can follow.
Relative Lipid Solubility 

(FiN2  3.26)
(FiO2  0)
(FiAr  8.9)
(FiH2  1.32)
(FiNe  0.12)
(FiHe  0)

or 

Equivilent narcotic potency.

(FiN2  1.00)
(FiAr  2.33)
(FiH2  0.55)
(FiNe  0.28) 

Oxygen can be set to 0 or 1 depending on your point of view concerning
Oxygen Narcosis.

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