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Old 10th March 2005, 21:27   #1 (permalink)
Joseph Grech
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Scrubber Question

Might be a silly question,

Why are scrubbers more efficient in shallower waters ? I always tought that CO2 builds up when oxygen is consumed by metabolisim. So if I am right scrubbers should be equally effective in greater depths as in the shallows, this beceause when diving CCR the physical pressure of O2 in the loop is maintained approx the same ( ppo2 ) at any level.

Someone told me that this is because at greater depts O2 and CO2 is more dense. Is this right ?
And if both are more dense should not the ppo2 level increase ???

I hope you guys can help

Joseph
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