Input requested [was: [PATCH] Use proper gas names in the divelist.]

Dirk Hohndel dirk at hohndel.org
Tue Jan 6 20:40:16 PST 2015


On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 07:50:13PM -0800, Steve Butler wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Anton Lundin <glance at acc.umu.se> wrote:
> >>The same goes when discussing Nitrox vs. Advanced Nitrox diving. Diving
> >>a 32% vs a dive with 32..100 are usually a bit different.
> >
> Could the tec divers provide a little education for this rec diver? What is
> the difference between EAN32,  32% and 32..100?

EAN32 is a common way to describe a Nitrox gas with 32% O₂.
32% is a short way of referring to that. And in our nomenclature 32..100
means that you used more than one Nitrox mixture, the lowest being 32%,
the highest 100%.

/D


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