DeepSeaExplorer
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When the fill is complete, and the whip is still connected, crack the valve on the air and give the tanks a quick blast before disconnecting. Mixes everything nicely.
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Best answer to that I think is gas at 200bar behaves differently than gas at 1 barWell I am glad I asked ...
How come the movement from the fill is not enough to start mixing the gases ?
I don’t think it’s a stupid question.When I first got into diving I asked Edd Sorenson who was filling my tanks if the gases would separate if they stayed in the tanks too long. I am sure he got a laugh later out of that.
Stupid question or not, I'll ask it here, because I don't know: Do gases separate in tanks after awhile?I don’t think it’s a stupid question.
I do not know under 200bar pressure and in a cylinder but I know that gases won’t separate at 1ATA in our atmosphere.Stupid question or not, I'll ask it here, because I don't know: Do gases separate in tanks after awhile?
NoStupid question or not, I'll ask it here, because I don't know: Do gases separate in tanks after awhile?
Is it because there is too much entropy even in a tank compared to the relative densities ?
Interesting concept, although I would have thought that thermodynamics would cease to factor once the gases had stabilised. However, I'm not a physicist so take my opinion with a pinch of salt.Is it because there is too much entropy even in a tank compared to the relative densities ?