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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 09:39:41 +0200
From: Frank Riffel <frank.riffel@en*.co*>
CC: Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Re: Trimix Question

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Jeff Waugh wrote:

>      I'm not sure about the temperature actually being that much of an
influence
> on the ending reading. I have found that generally low O2 % mixes such as
"deep"
> Tri-Mix'es generally homogenize to the final desired analysis over a period
of a
> few hours.
>      I've found that high O2 mixes that if filled with O2 and topped with air
and
> allowed to sit without agitation, can render an inaccurate analysis a day
later.

Therefore we lay our cylinders horizontaly on the ground rather than let them
stand.
I never had any discepancies with this after waiting one night. I belive this
stems
from the greater diffusion area and the highly reduced diffusion lenght.

  O+
+---+ -
| A | |              - +-------------------+
| I | diffusion length |    AIR            |
| R | | (worst case) - +-------------------+O
+---+ -                |    O2             |+
| O |                  +-------------------+
| 2 |
+---+


Regards,

Frank

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Jeff Waugh wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>     I'm not sure about the
temperature
actually being that much of an influence
<br>on the ending reading. I have found that generally low O2 % mixes such
as "deep"
<br>Tri-Mix'es generally homogenize to the final desired analysis over
a period of a
<br>few hours.
<br>     I've found that high O2 mixes that if filled
with O2 and topped with air and
<br>allowed to sit without agitation, can render an inaccurate analysis
a day later.</blockquote>
Therefore we lay our cylinders horizontaly on the ground rather than let
them stand.
<br>I never had any discepancies with this after waiting one night. I belive
this stems
<br>from the greater diffusion area and the highly reduced diffusion lenght.
<p><tt>  O+</tt>
<br><tt>+---+ -</tt>
<br><tt>| A |
|             
- +-------------------+</tt>
<br><tt>| I | diffusion length |   
AIR           
|</tt>
<br><tt>| R | | (worst case) - +-------------------+O</tt>
<br><tt>+---+
-             &
nbsp; 
|   
O2            
|+</tt>
<br><tt>| O
|             &
nbsp;   
+-------------------+</tt>
<br><tt>| 2 |</tt>
<br><tt>+---+</tt>
<br> 
<p>Regards,
<p>Frank</html>

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