Absorbents and Chemicals for Commercial Diving

Dominion Gas can provide the following chemicals which can play a crucial role in diving applications.

To meet these requirements you need a dependable supplier who can meet customised orders.

• Soda Lime - Used for the removal of carbon dioxide (C0₂) in closed circuit life support systems.
  Carbon dioxide is formed by normal respiration during diving, which has to be removed from the recirculation breathable gas. Soda lime is an efficient and reliable solution.
  Soda lime is available with or without a colour indicator.
  We stock - Sodasorb and Sofnolime Product.
• Oxidising Absorbent - Used for the removal of odours in hyperbaric diving chambers etc. Long periods of saturation diving produces odour problems, an oxidizing absorbent will permanently convert odour contamination to stable compounds.
  We stock - Sofnofil and Purafil Chemisorbant.
• Activated Carbon - Used for the removal of hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, oil mist etc, from gases. It is used extensively in filtration units on the discharge point of oil lubricated compressors.
  We stock - Purakol and Sofnocarb.