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From: drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.physics
Subject: Xenon/oxygen
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Date: Tue, 6-Oct-87 10:49:37 EDT
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frisk@krafla.UUCP (Fridrik Skulason) writes:
> Can anyone tell me if a high-pressure mixture of xenon and oxygen would
> be breathable.

I've heard a few bits about this sort of thing.  (1) Getting the
oxygen partial pressure within the safe range is tricky in
high-pressure mixtures, since the allowable range of composition
percentages is inversely proportional to pressure.  (2) High-pressure
inert (noble) gasses have an anesthetic effect.

What sort of pressures are you talking about?  Sounds weird.

Dale
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