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| Title: | Automatic compensation by capillary gauge for altitude decompression |
| Authors: | Mackay, RS |
| Keywords: | decompression
altitude |
| Issue Date: | 1976 |
| Abstract: | According to simple theory, the indications of a capillary depth gauge are such that ascent rate and decompression-stop position are correct to give unaltered gammas (tissue overpressures) and a safe dive profile--independent of the density of the medium or of surface altitude--if position indications are used directly in a standard decompression table. The usual dial depth gauges must be doubly corrected for altitude but not medium before tables can be used, while distance-measuring systems should be corrected for both altitude and medium. The capillary-gauge dive profile is theoretically conservative when timed step decompression rather than continuous ascent is used if gamma increases with altitude. |
| Description: | Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc. (http://www.uhms.org ) |
| URI: | PMID: 10897866
http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/2440 |
| Appears in Collections: | Undersea Biomedical Research Journal
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