• Nitrox refers to any gas mixture composed (excepting trace gases) of nitrogen and oxygen. This includes atmospheric air, which is approximately 78% nitrogen...
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  • The International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD) is a scuba diving organization concerned with certification and training in recreational...
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    is the filling of diving cylinders with non-air breathing gases such as nitrox, trimix and heliox. Use of these gases is generally intended to improve...
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  • American Nitrox Divers International (or ANDI) was founded by Ed Betts and Dick Rutkowski in 1988. ANDI has since expanded to include offices in The United...
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    as trimix fills require more expensive analysis equipment than air and nitrox fills, there are fewer trimix filling stations. The relative scarcity of...
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    experience. The equipment involves breathing gases other than air or standard nitrox mixtures, and multiple gas sources. The popularisation of the term technical...
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    common, a gas blend with a higher oxygen content, known as enriched air or nitrox, has become popular due to the reduced nitrogen intake during long or repetitive...
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    hinged cover. It has a small optional nitrox cylinder which can be clipped on its outside to convert it to nitrox mode. It contains one oxygen cylinder...
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  • different proportions to those in air, known as nitrox. The equivalent air depth, for a given nitrox mix and depth, is the depth of a dive when breathing...
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    versions were available, The DM20 for oxygen to 20 metres, and the DM40 for nitrox to 40 metres, using an oxygen cylinder and an air cylinder, and mixing the...
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    for nitrox mode (which the Navy called "mixture"), and then the set was sometimes called CDMBA.[clarification needed] The Royal Navy was using nitrox from...
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  • underwater diving activities such as saturation diving, technical diving and nitrox diving, the maximum operating depth (MOD) of a breathing gas is the depth...
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    training and safety including American Nitrox Divers International (ANDI), the International Association of Nitrox Divers (IAND) - which later became known...
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  • to Ellesmere Port, North West England. 1995: BSAC allows Nitrox diving and introduced Nitrox training. 1997, 20 May: BSAC was expelled from the Confédération...
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    VAST Inc. contract took him to the Caribbean where he worked to develop nitrox and decompression procedures for their dive teams. It was here that Gilliam's...
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    scientific use of nitrox in the NOAA Diving Manual. In 1985 IAND (International Association of Nitrox Divers) began teaching nitrox use for recreational...
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  • without harming it) Nitrox 2 – Advanced Nitrox Gas Blender 1 – (ISO 13293) covers Nitrox, Gas Blender 2 – (ISO 13293) covers Nitrox and Trimix, Intro Trimix...
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    triple spark-ignition & liquid-cooled engine. It uses exhaust, and rear nitrox-charged mono-shock suspension. In 2024 Bajaj Updated the Pulsar NS Series...
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  • specializing in training and certification in technical diving and the safe use of nitrox and trimix. TSA was founded in Switzerland and has been active in Italy...
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    Breathing air Decompression gas Emergency gas supply Heliox Hydreliox Hydrox Nitrox Oxygen Travel gas Trimix Buoyancy and trim equipment Buoyancy compensator...
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  • [citation needed] after a split away from International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD) in 1993. The agency aimed to provide training...
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  • suit diving techniques and suit maintenance EAN Nitrox - planning dives with Nitrox and using Nitrox safely, including analyzing the mix before use. Decompression...
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    Breathing air Decompression gas Emergency gas supply Heliox Hydreliox Hydrox Nitrox Oxygen Travel gas Trimix Buoyancy and trim equipment Buoyancy compensator...
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    Breathing air Decompression gas Emergency gas supply Heliox Hydreliox Hydrox Nitrox Oxygen Travel gas Trimix Buoyancy and trim equipment Buoyancy compensator...
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    in cold water. Standard air regulators are considered to be suitable for nitrox mixtures containing 40% or less oxygen by volume, both by NOAA, which conducted...
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  • Introductory Scuba Experience, Supervised Diver, Open Water Diver, Enriched Air Nitrox Certification, Entry level Rescue Diver, Dive Supervisor, Assistant Instructor...
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  • deep diving, and the use of nitrox as a breathing gas for diving. He is known for developing the widely used NOAA Nitrox I (32% O2/N2) and II (36% O2/N2)...
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  • Association des Moniteurs de la CMAS du Quebec CMAS code CAN/F05 ANDI - American Nitrox Divers International – Recreational diver training and certification agency...
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  • Breathing air Decompression gas Emergency gas supply Heliox Hydreliox Hydrox Nitrox Oxygen Travel gas Trimix Buoyancy and trim equipment Buoyancy compensator...
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  • to as nitrox. FKMs are used because they have a lower probability of catching fire, even with the increased percentages of oxygen found in nitrox. They...
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