I am trying to establish the origins of the current US Navy, NOAA and Royal Navy oxygen exposure limits. I have read 'Oxygen and the Diver', which I thought had answered pretty much all my queries, but then I came across and article by Tom Mount
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in which exposure limits of 1.8ata for the US Navy are mentioned. Oxygen and the Diver only mentions the fall from 2.0 to 1.6, plus I know (I think!) the US Navy have since lowered the upper limit to 1.3 ata.
Does anyone know of any publication that will clarify the different limits that any/all of the organisations mentioned above have used and when? Web sites, reports, journals, anything that would provide a history of oxygen exposure limits would be incredibly helpful to an increasingly desperate student!!!
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in which exposure limits of 1.8ata for the US Navy are mentioned. Oxygen and the Diver only mentions the fall from 2.0 to 1.6, plus I know (I think!) the US Navy have since lowered the upper limit to 1.3 ata.
Does anyone know of any publication that will clarify the different limits that any/all of the organisations mentioned above have used and when? Web sites, reports, journals, anything that would provide a history of oxygen exposure limits would be incredibly helpful to an increasingly desperate student!!!