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On Wed, 24 Sep 1997 CHKBOONE@ao*.co* wrote: > Jonas, > > You wrote: > > >The main problem is of course the highly narcotic effect of the gas. It > would >obviously be very dangerous to inhale N2O by mistake during a dive. > > Yep ! Argon is also extremely narcotic, does it enter your mask ? > Yes, argon is very narcotic, but nowhere even near N2O... Have you ever tried N2O? It's a fucking blast :-) It's very commonly used by dentists as an anasthetic, at least in Europe... > >The main advantage would probably be that the gas liquefies at high > pressures, and >thereby reducing the size of the inflation gas tank (a 0.5 > liter tank to 200 bars would >be adequate... => roughly 200 liters of gas). > > If you were to use it liquified would it vaporize fast enough to provide > the needed volume to inflate the suit quickly if need be ? Well one thing is for sure, N2O vaporizes faster than any inflation valve can inflate a dry suit... > What will you think when you turn to a possition where the liquid N2O is > below the gas in the tank and comes out of the valve and into the suit? > Brrrrrrr ! Correct! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! ;-) -j- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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