A breathing gas is a mixture of gaseous chemical elements and compounds used for respiration. Air is the most common and only natural breathing gas, but...
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Trimix is a breathing gas consisting of oxygen, helium and nitrogen and is used in deep commercial diving, during the deep phase of dives carried out...
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occupant. Breathing apparatus may be classified by type in several ways: by breathing gas source: self-contained gas supply, remotely supplied gas, or purified...
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Rebreather (redirect from Breathing tube (breathing apparatus))
open-circuit breathing apparatus, where the exhaled gas is discharged directly into the environment. The purpose is to extend the breathing endurance of...
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Hydrox, a gas mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, is occasionally used as an experimental breathing gas in very deep diving. It allows divers to descend several...
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Scuba set (redirect from Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus)
just scuba, is any breathing apparatus that is entirely carried by an underwater diver and provides the diver with breathing gas at the ambient pressure...
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Saturation diving (redirect from Breathing gas reclaim system)
equilibrium with the partial pressures of the inert components of the breathing gas used. It is a diving mode that reduces the number of decompressions...
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Breathing (spiration or ventilation) is the rhythmical process of moving air into (inhalation) and out of (exhalation) the lungs to facilitate gas exchange...
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Surface-supplied diving (redirect from Gas panel)
diving is a mode of underwater diving using equipment supplied with breathing gas through a diver's umbilical from the surface, either from the shore...
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Work of breathing (WOB) is the energy expended to inhale and exhale a breathing gas. It is usually expressed as work per unit volume, for example, joules/litre...
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