Klarinet Archive - Posting 001090.txt from 1998/11

From: "Bert Amten" <major.bam@-----.se>
Subj: [kl] SV: [kl] Wagner; Fiume March; Helium and Pitch
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 03:57:03 -0500

The doctors to find that could eventually know are the doctors =
specialized=20
in deep diving. At depths above abt 50 meters a mixture of helium and =
oxy-
gen is used (called heliox). This is routine diving since the beginning =
of the 70's.
This is a standard procedure for instance when they dive for the oil =
drilling
platforms at the North Sea. I will try to find out with my old contacts. =
I took
part in the research program when this was not standard procedures =
during=20
1966 and up to 1971. Certainly my own voice was changed to some kind of
high pitched Donald Duck voice, when I was sat under high pressure and
heliox in a diving chamber, but I do not remember wether this was due to
the high pressure or the mixture of gasses

Bert Amten

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Datum: fredag, november 27, 1998 08:05
=C4mne: RE: [kl] Wagner; Fiume March; Helium and Pitch

>I'll bet that studies were done on this by respiratory physiologists or
>perhaps the military or space program (they use to replace nitrogen =
with
>hydrogen in space vehicles to avoid problemns similar to the bends) and =
I'll
>try to see if any info is available. If not, maybe we can get a grant
>(American Acadamy of Science AND the Arts Council)and run some studies. =
Any
>volunteers?
>
>Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony Pay [mailto:Tony@-----.uk]
>Sent: Friday, November 27, 1998 0313
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: RE: [kl] Wagner; Fiume March; Helium and Pitch
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>On Fri, 27 Nov 1998 02:51:23 -0600, gpsc@-----.com said:
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>> Second, the body also has oxygen receptors that respond to low oxygen
>> levels. They are just not as sensitive as the CO2 receptors.
>
>Sensitive enough to make it not particularly dangerous to breathe neat
>helium?
>
>Tony
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