Perlite Has Similar Diffusion Properties for Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide to Snow: Implications for Avalanche Safety Equipment Testing and Breathing Studies

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21460%2F23%3A00370188" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21460/23:00370188 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/app132312569" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/app132312569</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app132312569" target="_blank" >10.3390/app132312569</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Perlite Has Similar Diffusion Properties for Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide to Snow: Implications for Avalanche Safety Equipment Testing and Breathing Studies

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

On average, one hundred people die each year under avalanche snow. Despite extensive global research on gas exchange in buried avalanche victims, it remains unclear how the diffusion of respiratory gases affects survival under avalanche snow. This study aims to determine how oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse through snow, as well as through wet and dry perlite, which may serve as a surrogate for avalanche snow. A custom-made apparatus to study the diffusion of respiratory gases consisted of a plastic cylinder (1200 mm long, ID 300 mm) with 13 gas sampling needles evenly spaced along the axis of the cylinder filled with the tested material. Following 60 min of free diffusion, gas samples were analyzed using a vital signs monitor with a module for respiratory gas analysis (E-CAiOVX, Datex-Ohmeda, GE Healthcare, Chicago, IL, USA). A combination of 16% oxygen, 5% carbon dioxide, and 79% nitrogen was used. The rates of diffusion for both respiratory gases were comparable in snow and both forms of perlite. Oxygen propagated faster than carbon dioxide. Due to similar diffusion characteristics to snow, perlite possesses the potential to stand in as an effective substitute for soft snow for the study of respiratory dynamics, for conducting breathing experiments, and for testing avalanche safety equipment.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Perlite Has Similar Diffusion Properties for Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide to Snow: Implications for Avalanche Safety Equipment Testing and Breathing Studies

Popis výsledku anglicky

On average, one hundred people die each year under avalanche snow. Despite extensive global research on gas exchange in buried avalanche victims, it remains unclear how the diffusion of respiratory gases affects survival under avalanche snow. This study aims to determine how oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse through snow, as well as through wet and dry perlite, which may serve as a surrogate for avalanche snow. A custom-made apparatus to study the diffusion of respiratory gases consisted of a plastic cylinder (1200 mm long, ID 300 mm) with 13 gas sampling needles evenly spaced along the axis of the cylinder filled with the tested material. Following 60 min of free diffusion, gas samples were analyzed using a vital signs monitor with a module for respiratory gas analysis (E-CAiOVX, Datex-Ohmeda, GE Healthcare, Chicago, IL, USA). A combination of 16% oxygen, 5% carbon dioxide, and 79% nitrogen was used. The rates of diffusion for both respiratory gases were comparable in snow and both forms of perlite. Oxygen propagated faster than carbon dioxide. Due to similar diffusion characteristics to snow, perlite possesses the potential to stand in as an effective substitute for soft snow for the study of respiratory dynamics, for conducting breathing experiments, and for testing avalanche safety equipment.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20601 - Medical engineering

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Applied Sciences

ISSN

2076-3417

e-ISSN

2076-3417

Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

23

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

001115934800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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