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What! Why is Raymond Martineau <bk039@freenet.carleton.ca> here?? All
these interruptions are enough to make one insane!!
> On 10 Aug 2004 05:16:28 GMT, seanb51229@aol.com (SeanB51229) wrote:
>
>> From "Highlandish" ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au :
>>
>>> who uses pure oxygen? what is our current
>>> atmosphere... 17%? we have carbon
>>> dioxide, helium, nitrogen and a whole bunch
>>> of impurities that we need to breath.
>>
>> In the early days of the Apollo space program, the
>> Apollo capsules had a pure oxygen atmosphere and
>> that is what the astronauts breathed.  We do not
>> NEED to breathe 'impurities'.
>
> A pure oxygen atmosphere is hazardous - fires burn much more quickly
> than normally expected, giving less time to extinguish the flame. The
> non-toxic impurities in the atmosphere should be there.
>
> (IIRC, there are other reasons why a pure-oxygen atmosphere isn't
> recommended - I don't know the specifics, but appearently some places
> require that you bring a doctor's recommendation saying it is safe to
> do so.)

Our atmosphere's supposed to be 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% everything
else; although with 250 years of industrial pollution, etc etc, it's
probably more like 15% oxygen, 5% carbon monoxide/dioxide, 2% all
others, heh

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