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UA-content-id: 1187CB551E00 X-Hop-count: 2 --Boundary (ID ph40MLtvuIwx/MTJap5l4w) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII JUST A THOUGHT, HEMOGLOBIN PREFERENTIALLY BINDS CO RATHER THAN O2 AND IT BINDS IT TIGHTLY THUS TYING UP THE Hb. AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I WAS TAUGHT A FEW YEARS BACK. THEREFORE, IT IS NOT JUST A SIMPLE MATTER OF DIFFUSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARTIAL PRESSURES. LANCE --Boundary (ID ph40MLtvuIwx/MTJap5l4w) Content-type: MESSAGE/RFC822 Received: from relay2.UU.NET by synmail.syntex.com (PMDF #4354 ) id <01HF4DAJ2RSG002O53@sy*.sy*.co*>; Mon, 25 Jul 1994 11:03:22 PST Received: from argali.opal.com by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP id QQxacl24262; Mon, 25 Jul 1994 13:48:29 -0400 Received: from localhost (daemon@lo*) by argali.opal.com (8.6.4/jr2.9) id NAA06756; Mon, 25 Jul 1994 13:43:33 -0400 Received: from bos2a.delphi.com (SYSTEM@bo*.de*.co* [192.80.63.2]) by argali.opal.com (8.6.4/jr2.9) with ESMTP id NAA06737; Mon, 25 Jul 1994 13:43:29 -0400 Received: from delphi.com by delphi.com (PMDF V4.3-7 #6563) id <01HF1TBF6ZCW8ZFGHP@de*.co*>; Sat, 23 Jul 1994 15:09:53 EDT Subject: Re: Risks of CO2 PP when air diving? Sender: "JOHNCREA@de*.co*" <JOHNCREA@de*.co*> To: "pp000082@in*.co*" <pp000082@in*.co*>, "techdiver@opal.com" <techdiver@opal.com> Errors-to: owner-techdiver@opal.com Message-id: <01HF1TBF79028ZFGHP@de*.co*> X-Envelope-to: RLOL%AM%RVAX@mr*.sy*.co* X-VMS-To: INTERNET"pp000082@in*.co*" X-VMS-Cc: INTERNET"techdiver@opal.com" Autoforwarded: false MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Delivery-date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 10:58:22 PST Importance: normal Precedence: bulk Scott, You have hit the nail on the head, the binding with hemoglobin is competitive between oxgyen and carbon monoxide, and thus as long as the relationship between the partial pressure of monoxide and oxide remains constant, the amount of hemoglobin bound with monoxide will remain constant (at least, according to everything I know, and Bill Hamilton has also been heard to make this same point about monoxide). John -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@opal.com'. Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@opal.com'. --Boundary (ID ph40MLtvuIwx/MTJap5l4w)--
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