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What happens to the voice of a diver breathing in a mixture of oxygen and helium?
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If helium replaces the nitrogen in normal air, the pitch of the diver's voice will increase considerably.
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Is breathing heavy a result of oxygen debt?
Yes, breathing heavy is the body trying to recover more oxygen. It happens during exercise such as running as your body tries to recover the lost oxygen.
Does helium dissolve into oxygen?
yes, helium does dissolve into oxygen.
Is helium oxygen?
No. Helium and oxygen are two different elements.
If you inhaled helium would it cause any lasting damage?
Helium is an inert gas, so inhaling it should not cause any damage whatsoever as long as you also receive sufficient oxygen to survive (if you don't, then "death" probably counts as "lasting damage"). A mixture of helium and oxygen is often used by divers going far under the surface of the water, as helium is not very soluble in the blood and hence does not cause the "bends" as a nitrogen-oxygen mix can. Helium, however, contains no oxygen, so you can not breathe it alone indefinitely. Also, your brain might get confused because it "thinks" you inhaled, but you got no oxygen, and that is different than holding your breath.
What happens to the breathing rate if blood concentration of oxygen decreases?
Decreased breathing rate > more Co2 and less O2 in blood > more acidity > Lower PH level
What are marine applications for helium?
As breathing gas for diving: A mixture of oxygen and helium (some times containing nitrogen or a small percentage of oxygen) is used to avoid the phenomenon of narcosis when only pure oxygen is used; also helium make the effort for breathing easier.
What is the mixture 15ml of oxygen and 5ml of helium?
A mixture of oxygen and helium is used in diving.
Is oxygen gas also known for helium?
Oxygen is not known as helium. But a mixture of oxygen and helium is used in the oxygen cylinder for underwater diving.
Can helium be deadly?
Potentially. While helium itself is inert and thus non-toxic, like any gas it can push oxygen out of the way. Breathing pure helium means you are not breathing oxygen. Without oxygen you can die in minutes.
Is helium a gaseous mixture?
No - it is an element all in itself. An example of a gas mixture is carbon dioxide, made of a mixture of oxygen and carbon. So helium is just helium; nothing mixed in with it.
Is it possible to have a mixture of gases?
What is air but a mixture of gasses? Nitrogen, oxygen, helium and a little argon.
What is made from 15g of oxygen and 5g of helium?
There isn't a specific compound that can be made using 15g of oxygen and 5g of helium, as oxygen and helium do not readily react with each other to form compounds. However, both oxygen and helium are gases at standard conditions.
What happens when helium combines with oxygen?
Helium doesn't combine with oxygen. Helium is chemically inert because it has completely filled valence orbitals.
What happens when helium is combines with oxygen?
The helium explodes into flames (which quickly die out).
Is the oxygen and helium in a scuba tank an example of a homogeneous mixture?
yes, it is.
Industrial deep-sea divers must breathe a mixture of helium and oxygen to prevent a disorienting condition known as nitrogen narcosis If a diver's tank is filled with a helium-oxygen mixture to a pre?
Industrial deep-sea divers must breathe a mixture of helium and oxygen to prevent a disorienting condition known as nitrogen narcosis. If a diver's tank is filled with a helium-oxygen mixture to a pressure of 170 atmospheres and the partial pressure of helium is 110 atmospheres, the partial pressure of the oxygen is ? - is the question The answer is 60. Total pressure minus the partial pressure= 170-110= 60.
Which gases are used by sea divers for inhalation?
A mixture of oxygen with nitrogen or helium.
