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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.  

[ETC...]

But if they were using air schedules anyway, then I guess they were using
Argox as an additional safety margin over&above the safety margin of
the schedules they generated to incorporate air. (i.e., no decompression
time advantage, only reduced probability of DCI...presumably)

I'll ask Jim or Ann next time I talk to either of them. If Sheck was a
strong believer in advantages of Argox, then I am inclined to be a
believer as well.

Aloha,
Rich

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