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Dave Waller questioned my explanation of the oxygen window, pointing out
(correctly) that hemoglobin in blood increases O2 solubility.  I now realize
that I misspoke, but if you replace "venous blood" with "body tissue" in
my explanation, I believe it is correct.  CO2 produced by respiration in
body tissue is much more soluble than the O2 it replaces (by a 
factor of something like 25), and there is no hemoglobin in body
tissue to increase solubility of O2.  

John
jheimann@sc*.gt*.co*

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