Gas blending for scuba diving (or gas mixing) is the filling of diving cylinders with non-air breathing gases such as nitrox, trimix and heliox. Use of...
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specification Gas blending for scuba diving – Mixing and filling cylinders with breathing gases for use when scuba diving Gas panel – Breathing gas distribution...
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recreational, scientific or commercial diving are small, and on scuba, deaths are usually associated with poor gas management, poor buoyancy control, equipment...
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therefore also known as diluent gases. Gas blending for scuba diving is the filling of diving cylinders with non-air breathing gases such as nitrox, trimix and...
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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 using...
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Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and...
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A diving cylinder or diving gas cylinder is a gas cylinder used to store and transport high pressure gas used in diving operations. This may be breathing...
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available systems for mixed gas rebreathers were fairly bulky and designed for use with diving helmets. The first commercially practical scuba rebreather was...
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Technical diving (also referred to as tec diving or tech diving) is scuba diving that exceeds the agency-specified limits of recreational diving for non-professional...
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from the shore or from a diving support vessel, sometimes indirectly via a diving bell. This is different from scuba diving, where the diver's breathing...
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reclaim system for deep heliox diving Gas blending systems Gas blending systems for scuba diving Hot water systems for supply of heating water to divers...
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A diving regulator or underwater diving regulator is a pressure regulator that controls the pressure of breathing gas for underwater diving. The most...
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Scuba gas management is the aspect of scuba diving which includes the gas planning, blending, filling, analysing, marking, storage, and transportation...
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allowing safer deep diving. The techniques used to fill diving cylinders with gases other than air are called gas blending. Breathing gases for use at ambient...
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Rebreather diving is underwater diving using diving rebreathers, a class of underwater breathing apparatus which recirculate the breathing gas exhaled by...
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Professional diving is underwater diving where the divers are paid for their work. Occupational diving has a similar meaning and applications. The procedures...
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to the exit. There are some applications where scuba diving is appropriate and surface-supplied diving is not, and other where the converse is true. In...
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Recreational diving or sport diving is diving for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment, usually when using scuba equipment. The term "recreational diving" may...
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Europe. SCUBA Diving International, launched in 1998 or 1999, is the sister organization of Technical Diving International. SDI was created by dive professionals...
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agencies to offer mixed gas and rebreather training. TDI specializes in more advanced Scuba diving techniques, particularly diving with rebreathers and use...
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DACOR Corporation was a former American manufacturer of scuba diving equipment which was founded in 1954 by Sam Davison Jr. in Evanston, Illinois as "The...
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breathing gas. A low pressure diving air compressor usually has a delivery pressure of up to 30 bar, which is regulated to suit the depth of the dive. A high...
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Scuba Schools International (SSI) is a for-profit organization that teaches the skills involved in scuba diving and freediving, and supports dive businesses...
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Byford Dolphin (redirect from Byford Dolphin diving bell accident)
Underwater diving portal Commercial offshore diving – Professional diving in support of the oil and gas industry Saturation diving – Diving decompression...
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mask, unlike a scuba mouthpiece which is normally gripped between the teeth. Full-face diving masks are often used in professional diving. They are relatively...
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Scuba gas planning is the aspect of dive planning and of gas management which deals with the calculation or estimation of the amounts and mixtures of gases...
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compensator, a diving weighting system that is independent of the buoyancy compensator, a diving regulator designed for open circuit scuba and fitted with...
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presentable while diving. Even in modern times, ama dive without scuba gear or air tanks, making them a traditional sort of freediver. Pearl diving ama were considered...
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breathing gas at the ambient pressure. Scuba is an anacronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Although strictly speaking the scuba set is...
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considers deep diving a form of technical diving.[page needed] In technical diving, a depth below about 60 metres (200 ft) where hypoxic breathing gas becomes...
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