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Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 21:21:21 -0500
To: heyydude@pi*.co* (Mr. Dude)
From: Bill Elliott <bill@nw*.co*>
Subject: Re: CO2 scrubber
Cc: techdiver@terra.net

At 03:44 PM 11/1/96 -0800, you wrote:


>This is an interesting question that I discussed with Rod a while back.
>The metabolism of O2 and the subsequent release of CO2 as a product of that
>metabolism should actuallly be INDEPENDENT of depth.  In other words, you
>don't make MORE CO2 at 200 feet than you do at the surface.  That is why I
>don't quite understand why the Navy rates the scrubber life by depth.  Why
>would it matter?

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  Maybe it's just temperature related dude?  Or do they specifically equate
depth and pressure with scrubber life?  I gotta admit I wouldn't think there
would be any physiological reason either.

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>
>Kevin.


   Bill

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