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Håkan K · 16th November 2007, 13:05

Hi,

In order not to hijack another thread I started another...

I must confess that I did not know that the residual gas if/ when oxygen is produced is Argon. Is this because of the process, or? Why? I thought Argon was a non reactive gas. Is Argon harder than other gases to filter out?

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This was pointed out in Ales Deas post no 253 in this thread http://www.rebreatherworld.com/rebre...idents-26.html ..."Do not allow users to use anything other than 99.5% O2. Too many fools do not realise that the other % is argon, and that argon builds up and then anaesthetises the diver."....

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Håkan K Beginning to learn Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: May 2005 Location: Södertälje, Sweden Posts: 65	Argon and Oxygen Hi, In order not to hijack another thread I started another... I must confess that I did not know that the residual gas if/ when oxygen is produced is Argon. Is this because of the process, or? Why? I thought Argon was a non reactive gas. Is Argon harder than other gases to filter out? edited: This was pointed out in Ales Deas post no 253 in this thread http://www.rebreatherworld.com/rebre...idents-26.html ..."Do not allow users to use anything other than 99.5% O2. Too many fools do not realise that the other % is argon, and that argon builds up and then anaesthetises the diver.".... __________________ Håkan Beginning to learn Last edited by Håkan K : 16th November 2007 at 13:29.
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