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From: "Scott &/or Julie Gudmundsen" <gudmund@si*.co*>
To: "techdiver list" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Trimix Question
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 17:11:31 -0600
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I don't know a thing about trimix, but it interests me as I am pushing =
the limits of deep air.  My father, a non-diver,  who has a Ph.D. in =
physics, asked me the following question.

It's my understanding that trimix is part helium, part nitrogen, and =
part oxygen. Why does it contain nitrogen? Wouldn't it be better if it =
contained no nitrogen at all?

I told him, "I have no idea, but I can find out!"

Please edumicate me.

Thanks!

Scott Gudmundsen
Vernal, Utah

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