Dan
Contributor
Is it? According to everything I've read, and, incidentally, also according to Henry's law, it's the drop in partial pressure that matters.
Theoretically, one might be concerned about O2 bubbles forming, though. At 9m on EAN60, the pPO2 is 1.14 bar, compared to 0.21 at the surface on air.
Isn’t the body metabolism consumes the oxygen and keeps the gas from coming out of solution (blood)?
In regards to nitrogen, I agree with you on the Henry’s Law. The nitrogen partial pressure is still lower than 0.79 atm, therefore the nitrogen gas would still be soluble in the blood.