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Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 17:10:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Clifford Sumbler <csumbler@fr*.ni*.co*>
Subject: Re: H-narcotic? / use of neon
To: Chris Hellas <chris@de*.de*.co*.uk*>
Cc: techdiver@terra.net


> (2) Neon seems a viable alternative (except the cost), concern
> seems to be the treatment of a  DCI hit in a diver that has been
> using neon. Outside my knowledge here, but surely a bubble is
> a bubble regardless of the gas it contains.Raising the ambient
> pressure high enough should, in theory 'crush' the bubble back
> into solution.The problem then would be one of a suitable
> decompression protocol. Comments on solubility etc were
> thrown into the arena. Anybody any hard facts?

Neon has a solubility of 1.47 cm3 per 100 cc water.
For comparison purposes
Oxygen   2.46 cm3 per 100 cc water
Nitrogen 1.42 cm3 per 100 cc water
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 52nd Edition.

So Neon is slightly more solubile then N2

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