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The percentage of expired air is around 74-80% Nitrogen. Because of gas exchange in the lung, expired air is also rich in CO2 and lower in O2 than atmospheric air (which has a 21.8% O2 comp and a .03 - .04% CO2 comp). Thus, the O2 and CO2 values narrow in difference to 14.5-16% and 4-5.5%, respectively.

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