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This is true. It's a very unnatural experience, however it is possible to breath a liquid that can function as a transfer fluid for oxygen instead. Whether that
by eksith 13y ago
This is true. It's a very unnatural experience, however it is possible to breath a liquid that can function as a transfer fluid for oxygen instead. Whether that's entirely safe is another matter.
http://chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Liquid_breathing http://chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Liquid_breathing
- kingkawn 13y agono doubt. lots of other folks have raised questions about how to deal with the metabolic acidosis that would result. I remember reading that they'd kept mice alive and supposedly healthy on the liquid oxygen, but haven't heard much about it beyond that.
- eksith 13y agoYes, it was in the news and I saw it on TV a few times. That was the work of Dr. Leland Clark : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Clark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Clark The reason we haven't heard much about it since is, unfortunately, he passed away in 2005. I don't know how far the current research has progressed without him, but I hope we can see more activity in the future carried on by his successors. His product is still available though: http://www.oxycyte.com http://www.oxycyte.com