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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 04:32:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robert Favorite <rwfavorite@uc*.ed*>
To: "Paul W. Smith" <afn20573@fr*.uf*.ed*>
cc: Paul Omalley <p.omalley@qu*.ed*.au*>, techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re:Recreational Mixed Gas Diving In Australasia
On Tue, 6 Jun 1995, Paul W. Smith wrote:

> Air is Not a mixed gas. Nobody mixed it, nobody had to test it to make 
> sure what was in it. Neither is air a "normoxic nitrox mix". Air is air, 
> the stuff that comes from the atmosphere. That is, unless Mother Nature 
> has become a dive shop owner, in which case she will soon be charging us 
> for breathing :-) Not trying to start a tiff, just trying to keep one 
> very important fact straight.
> 				Sincerely, Paul
> 
 If nitrox means a nitrogen-oxygen mix (and air is usually used for the 
nitrogen source) then why do you say air is not nitrox?  Of course it 
is.  Air is a mixed gas 79%nitrogen and 21% oxygen!
   thx a fellow breather of "God's nitrox"
  > > > 
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