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Maritime glossary

Breathing gas mixtures

Also called heliox, trimix, hydreliox, mixed gas diving

Diving gases that replace some or all nitrogen: heliox is helium and oxygen, trimix adds nitrogen, and hydreliox adds hydrogen for extreme depths.

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