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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:38:28 -0700
To: <AllysonClagett@ao*.co*>, KRussellTX@ao*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com
From: Paul Braunbehrens <Bakalite@ba*.co*>
Subject: Re: 80/20 deco
<AllysonClagett@ao*.co*> wrote:
~
>Hi Karl,
>
>Using the deco plan (80/20) that gets you out of the water faster has your
>tissue compartments on-gassing more Nitrogen than the (DIR) method through
>all segments of the dive.   Except at segment 21 (where you ascend from 40 =
to
>30 feet) you are now off-gassing Nitrogen in all your tissue compartments b=
ut
>it does not make up for all the extra on-gassing you did during your dive u=
p
>to this point.  At segment 21 the DIR deco is off-gassing in all but 3
>compartments=8Ain 10 more ft they too will be off- gassing in all compartme=
nts
>and off-gassing a lot more Nitrogen than the deeper deco stop using 80/20.
>
>This is one of the reasons why the DIR plan is the way to go, to efficientl=
y
>off gas the Nitrogen.   
>
>Allyson Clagett

Pardon my ignorance, but if the 50 and 100 % plan is so much better, 
why do you have to stay in the water longer?  Intuitively, that seems 
inconsistent (I'm just asking, not trolling for flames).
-- 
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