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>> Having spoken to Jim Bowden @ Tek about using Argonox, since he and Sheck
have
>> used it on a couple of occasions it was interesting to note that they ran the
>> schedules as if air was being used for the time spent on Argonox.
>
>I wonder why they didn't just use air with its lower narcotic
>potency...perhaps just to add additional decompression safety margin? Or
>was this during the time they were simulating high narcosis?
>
They were using Argox to accelerate the off-gasing of He and N2. As you
know, with no He or N2 entering the system, it tends to exit in effectively
higher
concentrations. For example, with X amount leaving, and Y amount entering,
there is only X-Y effectively leaving. Since argox allows Y to go to zero, more
gas is effectively leaving. It does, however, allow the ongassing of Argon,
which
isn't very well studied (to my knowledge).
Jim and Ann indicate that Sheck believed deeply in the benefits of this practice
and that he introduced them to its use. Knowing Jim as I do, I belive him,
also,
since Ann says essentially the same thing, I trust her. I also think, in
their case,
at least, it was probably useful to an extent.
Just my $0.02
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