Re: new single 833A VTTC and OZONE

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Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com 

My bad then.  I was always taught (at least as a Scuba Diver) breathing pure
oxygen was toxic to the human body.  Especially the case at higher pressures
(such as at
depth).  This is the reason that Nitrox and other mixed air-type diving is
used.
I guess at low pressures (1 atm or less), pure oxygen is okay as you say.

Dan


 > Dan,
 > Sorry, but my patients breathe pure oxygen every week during their
 > surgeries.  We have to be careful to avoid ignition sources around
 > patients' faces specifically because of the ease with which ordinary
 > materials ignite in a pure O2 atmosphere.
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 > All the US manned space capsules had a pure O2 atmosphere until the famous
 > and tragic fire of Apollo 1 on the pad.  Because of the extreme hazards of
 > a pure O2 atmosphere, extensive redesign of the US space capsules was
 > required before further flights in the apollo program.
 >
 > Dave
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 > >I'm curious George.  One cannot possibly breathe in an environment
comprised
 > >of pure oxygen.
 > >How is it that you can smell this then?
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