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HeimannJ writes:
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> Now when I pull the computer from the water, it will think I have
> significantly more nitrogen in my tissues than I actually have.  This is
> because 1) I have been diving a mix with only 42% N2, not the 79% N2 that my
> computer assumes, 2) I will have been offgassing on the surface faster than I
> would have been if I were actually hanging with the computer at 20 fsw.  This
> means that my computer will be quite conservative on the repetitive dive. 
> Note that although I have He in my tissues as well as N2 from my gas dive, we
> can ignore the He on the second dive since there isn't any in the air I will
> be breathing.

The computer wasn't designed, tested, or intended for this use, so its
numbers should be treated as garbage.  I'd say use custom tables instead.

David Story                        NAUI AI Z9588, PADI DM 43922, EMT
story@be*.wp*.sg*.co*              Use the right tool for the job.

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