Never having tried this myself, nor knowing anyone who has, I was told
the reason is skin irritation & rash, espescially if any sweating is
involved.

    Probbably this is due to the fact that when CO2 gets dissolved in water,
it forms a weak acid.

Rich L

----- Original Message -----
From: Gliviak, Jozef <Jozef.Gliviak@co*.co*>
To: 'TECH LIST' <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 10:53 AM
Subject: CO2 for dry suit inflation


> Hello list,
>
> I've seen interesting discussion about using CO2 for dry suit inflation on
> our local tech-diving conference. I'd like to ask you if you have any
> experience or knowledge why this gas is not used widelly as Argon is.
> It's isolation characteristic is better than Argon and price is extremly
> low.
>
> I know that there is one issue - CO2 in pressure higher than 50Bar changes
> in to liquid and during expansion consumes lot of heat - it is necessary
to
> find a solution to prevent regulator freezing.(which as far as I know
exist
> - ask any paintball player :-)
>
> Regards
>
>   Jozef Gliviak
>   Slovakia
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