Actually I think the test you are referring to was done by NASA for the
Johnson Space Center and they used Nitrox 50 rather than pure O2, and while
contaminated, the regs weren't exactly gummed to the gills with silicone.
It does show that many are too concerned about how clean a reg must be to be
used with Nitrox up to 50% O2.  I have a copy of the text on a web page of
mine at

http://home.quixnet.net/~dmdalton/nasa.htm

or if you want to see the version with the signatures you can see it at
http://www.dnax.com/

look under the link for Nitrox Research.

Dave Dalton


----- Original Message -----
From: "Iain Smith" <iainmsmith@bt*.co*>
To: "Bill Wolk" <BillWolk@ea*.ne*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com>;
<Cetaceans@ya*.co*>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: CO detection


> > I've noticed that the whole oxygen cleaning mania has died down
> > since the Navy reported that it had no problem testing a reg with
> buna
> > o-rings gummed to the gills with silicone lube on a tank of pure O2.
>
> Bill,
>
> Do you have a URL or a publication reference for the above? It sounds
> like it would make very interesting reading... (speaking as a cheap
> student!)
> :-)
>
> TIA
>
> Iain
>
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