On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, andrew wrote:
> Interesting idea.  Why not push it to the extreme?  We have already decided 
> that doing the 3m stop at 6m was better.  If diving Argox50, why not do the 
> whole deco at 20m?  (Or at least something that is reasonably safe 
> considering the ongassing of Argon at 20m.)

Nobody knows much about the on/off-gassing rates for Argon,
besides the theoretical calculations, and as another poster
mentioned, catching a bubble partially composed of Argon would really
complicate chamber/IWR treatment.   So I would think it best
to stay away from situations that carry significant risk of
Argon loading until more is known.  The shallower stops shouldn't
cause much on-gassing.

-Will
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