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...]s. Its purpose is to eliminate [[carbon dioxide]] ({{Chem|C|O|2}}) from [[breathing gas]]es, preventing [[carbon dioxide retention]] and, eventually, [[carbon ...]], containing carbon dioxide, pass through an [[anaesthesia machine]]'s [[breathing circuit]], containing a [[soda lime canister]] filled with soda lime granul ...

...description|Medical device to supply a mix of life-support and anaesthetic gases}} ...a [[medical device]] used to generate and mix a fresh gas flow of medical gases and [[inhalational anaesthetic]] agents for the purpose of inducing and mai ...

...The surrounding weakly [[ionized]] [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]] consists of gases or gas mixtures (such as [[krypton]], [[argon]], and [[xenon]]) with excime ...[epoxy]], the [[power-to-weight ratio]] is said to be comparable to an air-breathing engine with fuel tanks. The advantage of this design is that precision elec ...

...ower thrust than [[RP-1]]/[[Liquid oxygen|LO{{sub|2}}]] due to the exhaust gases having a lower density and higher velocity ([[properties of water|H<sub>2</ For air-breathing engines, only the mass of the fuel is counted, not the mass of air passing ...

{{short description|Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine - a hybrid ramjet and rocket engine}} ...sonic]] [[precooled jet engine|precooled]] hybrid [[Engine#Heat engine|air-breathing]] [[rocket engine]].<ref name="compare">{{cite web | title=A Comparison of ...

...t)|propeller]], the propelling jet of a [[jet engine]], or by ejecting hot gases from a [[rocket engine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k ...me (mass flow rate of exhaust), and '''v''' is the velocity of the exhaust gases measured relative to the rocket. ...

...fe-support system for one person may include breathing apparatus, when the breathing gas is specifically supplied to the user rather than to the enclosure in wh Breathing sets may be classified by type in several ways: ...

...ressed by adaptations of procedures and use of equipment such as redundant breathing gas sources and guide lines to indicate the route to the exit.<ref name="Co ...diver in a wetsuit holds onto the shotline at a decompression stop. He is breathing from a rebreather and carrying a side-slung 80 cubic foot aluminium bailout ...

...ners brought canaries into coal mines as an early-warning signal for toxic gases, primarily carbon monoxide.<ref>David A. Bengston, Diane S. Henshel, "Envir === Toxic gases === ...

...reprinted 1872 by D. Appleton.</ref> Darwin reasoned that the lung in air-breathing vertebrates had derived from a more primitive swim bladder as a specialized ...]] and are lined with [[guanine]] crystals, which make them impermeable to gases. By adjusting the gas pressurising organ using the gas gland or oval window ...

{{About|one type of machine used to assist breathing|the broader article, on both positive- and negative-pressure devices|Mechan ...], to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently. Ventilators may be [[computer]]ized [[microprocessor contro ...

...e underwater environment for more than a few minutes requires [[Underwater breathing apparatus|artificial aids]] to maintain life. ...e surface of the water. The raised pressure also affects the solution of [[breathing gas]]es in the tissues over time, and can lead to a range of adverse effect ...

...sses have been proposed to remove CO₂ from the air or from flue gases and release them in a controlled environment, reverting the scrubbing agent ...tions can be easily tuned to improve CO₂ selectivity over other gases.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Li|first=Jian-Rong|date=2011|title=Carbon dioxide ...

...ladder, which is filled with ambient pressure gas from the diver's primary breathing gas cylinder via a low-pressure hose from the regulator first stage, direct ...g#Calculation of the mass of gas in the cylinders|changes in weight due to breathing gas consumption]] during the dive. Where [[Stage cylinder|staged cylinders] ...

...gh scattering|Blue light is scattered]] more than other wavelengths by the gases in the atmosphere, surrounding Earth in a visibly blue layer at the [[strat ...air suitable for use in [[photosynthesis]] by [[terrestrial plant]]s and [[breathing]] of [[terrestrial animal]]s is found only in Earth's [[troposphere]].{{cit ...

...are oxygen (O₂). The final 1% of dry air is a mixture of other gases. ...a change in temperature. The numbers are exactly equal if we consider the gases as [[ideal gas|ideal]]. The addition of water molecules, or any other molec ...

...muscle relaxation without undesirable changes in blood pressure, pulse or breathing. In the 1930s, physicians started to augment inhaled general anesthetics w ...xygen for breathing and to remove carbon dioxide or other waste anesthetic gases. Since inhalational anesthetics are flammable, various checklists have been ...

...ntly pioneering processes such as the recycling of heat from escaping flue gases, and trialling many process improvements.<ref name=NEIMME/> ...gton, having experienced "languor and headache" then known to be caused by breathing thallium fumes.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page ...

...o various smaller amounts of other higher [[alkane]]s. Low levels of trace gases like [[carbon dioxide]], [[nitrogen]], [[hydrogen sulfide]], and [[helium]] ...the gas flames at [[Mount Chimaera]] contributed to the legend of the fire-breathing creature [[Chimera (mythology)|Chimera]]. In [[ancient China]], gas resulti ...

...y Levy, Bass & Stern, Volume IV: Elastic Properties of Fluids: Liquids and Gases (Academic Press, 2001)</ref> The maximum speed in pure water under atmosph ...to 2.5&nbsp;kHz are reported to experience changes in their heart rate or breathing frequency. Diver aversion to [[low frequency]] sound is dependent upon [[so ...