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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 08:07:30 -0700
To: Patricia Disler <pdisler@io*.ne*>
From: Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>
Subject: RE: Trimix Question
Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Patricia - Jim is talking about the ANALYSIS, not the mixture itself.
Analyses do vary over time a little for some mixes, but I've never seen it
vary more than 1%, or the accuracy rating of a sensor * 2.

This thread is ridiculous, especially because now people are saying this
only happens with strokemix.  Check the archives.


At 08:54 PM 4/9/1999 -0500, Patricia Disler <pdisler@io*.ne*> wrote:
>At 07:55 PM 4/8/99 -0400, Jim Cobb wrote:
>>I don't know about you guys but I think the problem we are dealing with 
>>here is the temperature of the mix rather than stratification. As the mix 
>>cools off the reading becomes more accurate.
>
>God Jim I hope not!
> If that were true Jim, then we should wait until tanks (Gas and all)
>reached room temp before we analyzed. What does this do to my mix when its
>in 50 degree water or colder? Does this mean I have to throw the
>temperature into the calculations of my deco tables to allow for
>thermoclines and such? 
>I always thought a "hot mix" was more O2 than the desired percentage.
>Let me ask you again, Do different gases in a mix (while still a bit warm)
>show false analysis because of heat or Stratifacation? 
>I'm going to try an experiment...I just put a burner under one of my O2
>bottles to see how much the O2% drops.
>Uh its up to about 120 degrees now. Let me check it...be back soon
>
>
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And I suppose you want a user interface with
that.....
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