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John, it "should be" twice as narcotic, but to really get the "truth", I think the smart thing here is to define aed as the combination of the gases. When diving mix deep, for example, we have both reduced oxygen and reduced nitrogen, giving an aed that is actually lower than the conventional calculation would suggest. Let me just say that I use this stuff constantly, and do so under conditions that demand clarity. Yes, I have experienced this: nitrox is hardly the answer to reduced narcosis, it is the answer to increased teaching revenues, and on the surface appears to be something that even a dive instructor can fathom, when in fact it is so much more complex than this that I can unequivically say that unless you know what I know about all of it, I hope yo do not try to do what I do with it - fact. John Brett wrote: > > <snip> > The other problem is that oxygen is more narcotic than nitrogen, so > elevating the one over the other makes it worse, not better. > <snip> > > Quick question - is this something you have experienced yourself, or based on > any research. > > I've heard the usual BS of nitrox - "reduces narcosis" and a number of plausible but > unsubstantiated arguments both ways, and would like to know the truth. > > John Brett > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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