Commercial deep-sea divers replace atmospheric nitrogen with helium in their breathing mixtures to eliminate the risk of nitrogen narcosis at extreme depths. However, helium conducts thermal energy away from the human body approximately six times faster than nitrogen. In cold underwater environments, a diver inhaling cold helium-oxygen gas loses core body heat rapidly through respiration alone, even when wearing an insulated drysuit that prevents external water contact.
Based on the passage, which of the following is the most logical conclusion?
- AEliminating nitrogen from breathing mixtures increases a diver's susceptibility to cognitive impairment at high ambient pressures.
- BDeep-sea divers can prevent hypothermia solely by increasing the thickness and insulation of their external drysuits.
- Protecting deep-sea divers from hypothermia requires managing the temperature of their breathing gas in addition to insulating the body.Cevap
- DHelium gas mixtures significantly elevate the risk of decompression sickness during rapid ascents to the surface.
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Protecting deep-sea divers from hypothermia requires managing the temperature of their breathing gas in addition to insulating the body.
The passage establishes that helium is necessary to prevent cognitive impairment at depth, but its high thermal conductivity causes severe core heat loss through inhalation that external drysuits cannot stop. Logically, keeping divers safe from cold exposure requires thermal management of the inhaled breathing gas itself alongside standard body insulation.
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