LOL yes I did. Teach me to sit in a parking lot and type on a computer. Should have been working anyway
Yes it lengthens the NDL and shortens the SI. Thank you for pointing that out
Thought you would be eating donuts
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LOL yes I did. Teach me to sit in a parking lot and type on a computer. Should have been working anyway
Yes it lengthens the NDL and shortens the SI. Thank you for pointing that out
Nitrox reduces the percentage of nitrogen in a given mix at a given depth.
The percentage does not change with depth.
I'm gonna stick with "wrong".
Actually, I think that you may be misinterpreting waterpirate's statement. Although the term "nitrox" is inexact (it could technically refer to any mix - hypoxic, normoxic or hyperoxic), I assume that he is using it to refer to mixes with more than 21% O2 (i.e EAN, or enriched air nitrox)
OK --Im liking the sound of longer bottom time especially at some of our local dives. I suspect its a waste of time for vacation diving given the first diver in the group that signals they are low on air thumbs the dive for the group anyway
Perhaps what WP meant was "at any given depth"
Yup. The percentage does not change with depth. That seems to be consistent with what waterpirate is saying.
I would rephrase it as "Nitrox gives you a reduced percentage of nitrogen when compared to air. This is true at any given depth, since the percentages do not change with ambient pressure."
Wow, I must be really bored to care about this... gotta get back to work!