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Venting and blowdown PO2 calculator

What happens to chamber PO2 when you vent to a shallower depth, or blow down deeper on a known mix.

Vent, blowdown and joining chambers

Vent: PO2 x Pnew/Pold. Blowdown: + depth added/10 x fraction
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The formula: Vent: PO2 x Pnew/Pold. Blowdown: + depth added/10 x fraction. Change any box and the full working updates. For study only, never for dive planning.

Practise it the way the exam asks it

The IMCA ADS, BDS and LST papers ask this as a four-option question, with a calculator on screen. A free account gives you 15 practice questions for each exam, each with the worked answer and the document it comes from.

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