Turbocharging Supply Chain Sustainability
Fans of Jacques Cousteau have heard of “the bends.” The bends occur when nitrogen gets absorbed into body tissue and cannot escape fast enough as a diver surfaces. Have you ever opened a carbonated beverage and seen the bubbles escaping to the surface? The same thing can happen to the human body. Only bubbles get trapped in body tissue or the bloodstream, causing embolisms, painful tissue damage, and even death. This is something you want to avoid!
Divers use an underwater dive computer to calculate safe dive times and maximum depths and to avoid the bends. The U.S. Navy perfected a mixed gas combination called Nitrox to increase dive times safely. The typical Nitrox mixture consists of 30 to ...
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