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A.Appleyard wries:

>This runs into the topic of how much can gases be absorbed through >human
skin.  I imagine that if enough argon can be absorbed through the >skin to
cause bends, then perhaps enough argon can be absorbed through >the skin to
cause narcosis. ...

The real risk (if you can call it that) associated with argon suit inflation
and DCS is skin bends.  These have resulted (so I am told) from very long
trimix dives in which argon is used for suit gas, but they are attributed to
helium counterdiffusion out of the tissues, not argon absorption.

John
heimannj@ma*.nd*.gt*.co*

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