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2. Diving cylinder - Wikipedia

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   A diving cylinder or diving gas cylinder is a gas cylinder used to store and transport high pressure gas used in diving operations.This may be breathing gas used with a scuba set, in which case the cylinder may also be referred to as a scuba cylinder, scuba tank or diving tank.

3. Trimix (breathing gas) - Wikipedia

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   Trimix scuba cylinder label IMCA Trimix cylinder shoulder colour code alternative IMCA Trimix cylinder shoulder colour code. Trimix is a breathing gas consisting of oxygen, helium and nitrogen and is used in deep commercial diving, during the deep phase of dives carried out using technical diving techniques, [1] [2] and in advanced recreational diving.

4. Testing and inspection of diving cylinders - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] When a cylinder is manufactured, its specification, including manufacturer, working pressure, test pressure, date of manufacture, capacity and weight are stamped on the cylinder. [1] Most countries require diving cylinders to be checked on a regular basis. This usually consists of an internal visual inspection and a ...

5. Gas blending for scuba diving - Wikipedia

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   Gas blending for scuba diving (or gas mixing) is the filling of diving cylinders with non-air breathing gases such as nitrox, trimix and heliox. Use of these gases is generally intended to improve overall safety of the planned dive, by reducing the risk of decompression sickness and/or nitrogen narcosis , and may improve ease of breathing .

6. Scuba gas management - Wikipedia

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   Rebreather diver with bailout and decompression cylinders. Scuba gas management is the aspect of scuba diving which includes the gas planning, blending, filling, analysing, marking, storage, and transportation of gas cylinders for a dive, the monitoring and switching of breathing gases during a dive, efficient and correct use of the gas, and the provision of emergency gas to another member of ...

7. Pony bottle - Wikipedia

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   A pony bottle or pony cylinder is a small diving cylinder which is fitted with an independent regulator, and is usually carried by a scuba diver as an auxiliary scuba set.In an emergency, such as depletion of the diver's main air supply, it can be used as an alternative air source or bailout bottle to allow a normal ascent in place of a controlled emergency swimming ascent.