The Navy Diving Manual specifies that:
The problem with this statement is it isn't clear. Is 10% at 1atm normal for air? Or much higher than air and representative of Heliox? I just wanted to see if I can find a secondary source that confirms the Navy statement, but haven't found one.
Or rather, haven't found what normal respiratory loss is when breathing normal air at 1 atm.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
The respiratory heat loss alone increases from 10 percent of the body’s
heat generating capacity at one ata (atmosphere absolute), to 28 percent at 7
ata, to 50 percent at 21 ata when breathing helium-oxygen.
The problem with this statement is it isn't clear. Is 10% at 1atm normal for air? Or much higher than air and representative of Heliox? I just wanted to see if I can find a secondary source that confirms the Navy statement, but haven't found one.
Or rather, haven't found what normal respiratory loss is when breathing normal air at 1 atm.
Any guidance would be appreciated.