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Old 3rd February 2008, 21:13   #6 (permalink)
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Re: volume or weight of absorbant?

Quote: (Originally Posted by OceanOpportunity) View Original Post
We're a bit up in the air on whether to present the data with Kg or L.
I tend to feel we define the rebreather by volume but does the 'sorb effect depend on the weight?

Somewhere a density number gets in but is the change in density due to water content variations less than the change in density slapping it down? The trouble with weight is it is less helpful to us when we compare two different fills. If I switch from Sofnoline to Dragersorb on holiday the volume is the same so I want to know if the same volume gives me more or less time so a weight number sends me off on a quest for density values and complicates matters.
If I change rebreather either will do as I want to ratio my normal usage times.

I'd go for volume. Weight is easy to measure for an experement but less useful in real life.
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