Kurtis Clark
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Hi All,
Had a friend pass from a diving accident last fall. The coroner just got back to his family with info. I didn't speak to the coroner directly and this information is second hand.
However, I have been told that his aluminum pony bottle was filled with almost 100% nitrogen and I can't make sense of how that would happen?
I believe he hadn't used that bottle for a couple of years but don't know that for sure. Is there anyway anyone could think a pony bottle could accidentally get filled with nitrogen? Or if there is some type of oxidization process on the inside of a tank after a long period of time that could increase nitrogen levels?
I will be following up to see if I can read the report to confirm this information. It would obviously make a lot more sense if it were filled with 100% O2 and he didn't realize it and switched gasses too deep.
Thanks for any information in advance
Had a friend pass from a diving accident last fall. The coroner just got back to his family with info. I didn't speak to the coroner directly and this information is second hand.
However, I have been told that his aluminum pony bottle was filled with almost 100% nitrogen and I can't make sense of how that would happen?
I believe he hadn't used that bottle for a couple of years but don't know that for sure. Is there anyway anyone could think a pony bottle could accidentally get filled with nitrogen? Or if there is some type of oxidization process on the inside of a tank after a long period of time that could increase nitrogen levels?
I will be following up to see if I can read the report to confirm this information. It would obviously make a lot more sense if it were filled with 100% O2 and he didn't realize it and switched gasses too deep.
Thanks for any information in advance