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dikndi@me*.ne* writes:
: I don't know about the studies, but based on the EAD concept, the use of 
: nitrox makes a dive "shallower" as far as the nitrogen absorption goes.
If 
: tanks with different mixtures are being used for repetitive dives, then
the 
: dives with the deepest EAD would be done first.  

Huh?

EAD is a "accounting construct" used to plan NDL/deco/etc.

The deepest dive first rule is to do with micro-bubbles left over from
the earlier dive, and bubble size is dependent on ambient pressure, not on
the gas breathed.

Greg
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