You are absolutely correct about needing oxygen. I would also like to add
that you shouldn't breathe medical grade nitrous either. In dental offices
there are two tanks, one nitrous and one oxygen. The patient receives both
(not sure in what proportions). I can only relay my experience when my
dentist accidentally wheeled over the oxygen hose with his chair while I was
under. It wasn't very pleasant at all. I felt extremely nauseous and
started blacking out. He realized his mistake and started pumping pure
oxygen for awhile till my color returned to normal from gray. Never used
the stuff since. It's deadly in my personal opinion. In fact, I haven't
seen the stuff in dental offices for quite a few years now.
Norah
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Alan Short
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 4:22 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Re: Laughing gas legends
>
>
>
>
> Robert Cash wrote:
>
> > Thought I'd throw my two cents in on the notorious nitrous.
> Sorry to ring
> > in late in the thread, but there are a few items I'd like to share
> > concerning this stuff.
> >
> > 1) Nitrous by itself is not flammable:
> > N20 will only accelerate combustion under a tremendous
> amount of heat and
> > pressure, forcing the release of the oxygen molecule.. In this
> environment,
> > if there is ANYTHING capable of being oxidized, believe me, it
> will do it.
> > At ambient temps with no pressure, if the tank blows the burst
> disk and you
> > are near it, it will likely only hurt your ears from the noise,
> and you'll
> > be silly for a few minutes from the gas.
>
> I'd like to add something here, the rest, I totally agree with...
> DON'T breathe non-medical grade nitrous! Even then, you must have a oxygen
> supply or risk asphyxiation!
> Commercial grade nitrous(common type) has sulphur dioxide mixed
> in to stabilize
> it at altitude...highly toxic!
> No legend either, try a oil test on a "juiced" engine.
> Alan S.
>
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