Meaning of nitrox | Babel Free

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1. An industrial process for case hardening (imparting greater surface hardness to) metal objects, involving nitrocarburizing (the diffusion of carbon and nitrogen into the metal) followed by oxidation.
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2. A mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, the nitrogen content being lower than that of normal air, which is used in place of air as a breathing gas.
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“The ‘nitrox’ process⟳ basically supplies the surface hardness of the sursulf process⟳, which is essentially carbonitriding, and then oxidizes it. The oxide is adherent and thus considerably increases the corrosion resistance.”

“Two other materials-based approaches may be employed in the present⟳ invention. One is to use⟳ highly doped glass (with boron or phosphorus) or plasma nitride (otherwise known as nitrox) as the inter-metal layer insulator.”

“Carbonitriding processes are typically conducted in either a gas (ammonia) or a salt bath based on trade⟳ names such as Tufftride, Nitrotec, and Nitrox. Alternatively, a plasma nitriding process⟳ may be conducted.”

“"Enriched air" or "nitrox" is a mixture of air and oxygen; the oxygen component ranges to about 50% but is used normally at 32 to 40%. [...] Safe enriched air nitrox diving practices established for the scientific diving community might be of some value and could help⟳ avoid⟳ accidents due to ignorance of its hazards and use⟳ of improper procedures.”

“NOAA Nitrox I is a standard breathing gas mixture of 32% oxygen (±1%); the balance of the gas (68%) is nitrogen. [...] High-pressure storage cylinders, scuba tanks, regulators, and all high-pressure gas transfer⟳ equipment that is used with pure oxygen or with nitrox mixtures that contain⟳ more than 40 percent oxygen must be cleaned and maintained for oxygen service.”

“Is there a compromise between too much oxygen and too much inert gas? The answer⟳ is the use⟳ of enriched air nitrox (enriched air) mixtures in the SCUBA tank. The two most commonly used mixtures are 32 percent and 36 percent oxygen mixtures. [...] [T]he increased oxygen percentages make⟳ the diver using nitrox mixtures more subject to oxygen seizures. With nitrox mixtures, the relative increase⟳ in oxygen percentage is over three times the relative decrease in nitrogen percentage.”

“[N]itrox is often referred to as ‘enriched air’ or ‘enriched air – nitrox’ (EANx). By convention, the mix⟳ is described by reference to its oxygen content. Thus, if a nitrox mix⟳ contains 36 per cent oxygen, then it is referred to as ‘nitrox 36’ (‘Nx36’) or ‘EANx36’. [...] [T]he nitrox diver can use⟳ the reduced absorption of nitrogen to increase⟳ allowable dive⟳ time by using the EAD to derive the no-decompression limit⟳ for the dive⟳ or as a basis for calculating decompression. This approach⟳ allows longer dives and shorter decompression.”

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