OT Don't read this (was Re: Altair MBL source) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

5 May 2005

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Subject: Re: OT Don't read this (was Re: Altair MBL source)
   From: Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com>
   Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 11:14:48 -0400
     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
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woodelf wrote:

If you inhale a gas which is heavier than air, what happens?

-brad

You die rather quickly as you can't get the BAD air out of your lungs. 
That's what I always thought, but it seemed like people were refuting
that.  I thought the heavier gas sank into your lungs and displaced the
air, which made you suffocate, effectively. 
Exactly.  You feel like your getting foggy(near drunk feeling) as 
your breathing but not ridding oneself of CO2 and your getting 
no O2, hypoxia sets in fast under a minute.  If you don't know
the signs you will pass out before you even have a clue.

Allison