On 06 Oct 2014, at 11:13, Willem Ferguson <[email protected]> 
wrote:

Willem,

> The current position of the black line suggest that it perhaps indicates the 
> equilibrium partial pressure for all inert gases (He + N2) combined?? 
> Similarly, the dark green portion of the bar graph seems to indicate the 
> present combined partial pressures for He + N2.

Indeed, everything is for N2 and He combined.

> But the bar graph surely only pertains to the nitrogen fraction because 
> offgassing for nitrogen and for He follow different patterns, He requiring 
> much longer offgassing times??

Still, it shows N2 plus He as this is what is relevant for Buehlmann-like 
algorithms.

> I suspect the gradient factors apply only to the nitrogen partial pressure?

Again, they apply for the sum. To compute the M-values, you are supposed to 
take the (weighted by the percentage of the gases) average of the a- and 
b-parameters. Have a look at the code in deco.c which I hope explains it, see 
the function tissue_tolerance_calc specifically.

Best
Robert

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