Advantages
of Nitrox
 The advantages of Nitrox? Three words
--- more bottom time.
On a 60 foot dive on air the allowable bottom time is 55 minutes. With a 40% Nitrox
mixture the allowable bottom time is 2 hours and 34 minutes.
In addition, Nitrox is a safer mix to
dive than air, and many divers report less fatigue
after diving with Nitrox.
More
Bottom Time |
Safer
Mix |
Less
Fatigue |
Note: Contrary to popular opinion, Nitrox is not used for deep diving. Instead, the
optimum depth range for Nitrox is from 50 feet to 130 feet.
Note: Reduced narcosis at depth is not one of the claims for Nitrox. Logic suggests
that with less Nitrogen in the mix, there would be a reduced narcotic experience at depth.
However, Oxygen is also a narcotic gas. The net effect is that the Narcotic experience
does not change when diving Nitrox.
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