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== Disadvantages ==
== Disadvantages ==


* To use as a suit air [[tank]], you must carry both [[nitrogen]] and [[Carbon Dioxide|carbon dioxide]] gas filters to prevent suffocation from inert gases accumulation in your [[helmet]]
* To use as a suit air [[tank]], you must carry both [[nitrogen]] and [[Carbon Dioxide|carbon dioxide]] gas filters to prevent suffocation from inert gas accumulation in your [[helmet]]
* Enriched air nitrox contains a greater fraction of oxygen by volume, increasing potential fire hazard in the presence of [[methane]] or other [[Fuel|combustibles]]
* Enriched air nitrox contains a greater fraction of oxygen by volume, increasing potential fire hazard in the presence of [[methane]] or other [[Fuel|combustibles]]

Latest revision as of 01:38, 7 July 2026

Description

Nitrox 35/65 is a gas mixture of 35% oxygen and 65% nitrogen by volume. Nitrox gas mixtures generally refer to those with a oxygen volume fraction greater than 0.2 or air equivalent.

In the scuba diving industry, enriched air nitrox is valued for its ability to reduce the partial pressure of nitrogen in a diver's gas supply, allowing for less nitrogen accumulation in the blood on a dive and reducing the need for decompression if at all.[1] Decompression sickness or oxygen toxicity is not modelled in the game so there are few advantages to producing and consuming Nitrox gas mixtures.

Advantages

  • Nitrox gas mixtures have a higher specific heat capacity than air mixtures
    • A room filled of enriched air nitrox will have greater temperature stability than regular air

Disadvantages

  • To use as a suit air tank, you must carry both nitrogen and carbon dioxide gas filters to prevent suffocation from inert gas accumulation in your helmet
  • Enriched air nitrox contains a greater fraction of oxygen by volume, increasing potential fire hazard in the presence of methane or other combustibles