Liquid O2

[ORACLE063]

the best way to dive would be able to repulse the electron field of the water, pushing it away. No need to worry about pressure or even getting wet, unless the field gives way. Then your a small ball of tomato juice.

[djs924]

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However, the patent-owning company opted not to market the device, arguing it is not profitable because premature babies need very small quantities of perfluorocarbon, and no commercial application for adults was found.

I'd say parents of premature babies, and millions of people with sever lung problems would argue that point.

Google "Perfluorocarbon premature babies" and read either of the first 2 links (bio-medicine, or medicalnewstoday).

[Flyingsolousmc]

Main reason, perfluorocarbons not used in ventilation because same results R achieved w/conventional ventilation. Bi-level or APRV ventilation settings can achieve the same results without having to have the "liquid" on hand. People think that the liquid we have in our lungs as a fetus is oxiginating our little bodies, but that is not true, the fluid in the placenta is the fetus's own urine & some times the babies first poop, or Maconiuum. All food, O2 and Co2 is exchanged through the cord.

[wontonchewer]

i dont like big word T_T

[djs924]

Perfluorocarbon respirators were investigated to help treat premature babies whose lungs are not well formed.

Experiments with artificial lungs and animals showed successful results, and more than 80 premature babies in death-threatening situations were treated.

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[10mintwo]

wow I forgot how corny and dumb this movie was! the demonstration though is educationally invaluable and fascinating.

[Drokua89]

i love the abyss. best movie of all time

[mucusNoodles]

Mmh... maybe the rats weren't 'hurt', but I think the experience may have been pretty shocking, probably to the point of causing permanent emotional damage. I wouldn't be surprised if an animal forced to breathe a liquid against its own self-preservation instinct would later display significant behavioural changes. In other words, I wouldn't let someone do that to my own pet rat. Of course, the relevance of my objections may seem purely academic if we think of the fate of the average lab rat.

[Flyingsolousmc]

Well put, All rats want to do in life are, eat, crap, make baby rats & stay out of traps. I bet soon after they didnt remember a thing. lungs work by exchanging O2 4 CO2 to keep us alive, doesnt matter how it happens, H2O is just like O2 (that would be water and oxygen) the only thing different is that water is 25 times more dense then air. Making it work their is a greater concentration of O2 in the fluid we call "Perfluorocarbon" or PFC's So it just sounds weird, mechanically it works...

[mucusNoodles]

"I bet [...] they didnt remember a thing."

I don't know, I wouldn't bet on it. Rats have very advanced cognitive functions. They're able to learn a lot from their environment, this implies the ability to categorize experiences as rewarding, frustrating, fearful, etc...; and the ability to memorize them. The ability to experience fear and rember it in turn implies the possibility of being traumatized. Moreover, fear of drowning can be pretty shocking whether drowning actually ensues or not.

[syrovision]

David Blane... you fucking suck.

[Flyingsolousmc]

NIce comment, really shows how smart you are. Go to school and get a larger vocabulary, please

[TheDudeAbides]

LMAO!!!

[cybernako088]

unfortuanly you can't breath it for to long maybe an hour i think

[freeski300]

breathing liquid is actually easier to breathe than gas. that's why it's in your lungs before birth.

[thesouthparkguy]

Please keep in mind, this is NOT liquid oxygen. Oxygen liquifies at -297.31 °F, so being immersed in liquid oxygen would freeze you solid instantly and (needless to say) kill you.

But they really do have oxygenated liquids which are breathable. I don't quite understand how they work, though.

Very cool stuff!

[Bullzeye95]

Problem is that full liquid breathing of PFC solution doesn't scale up well from rats to humans.

The problem's not the O2; as the rat showed, a liquid-liquid barrier is much more effective for O2 transfer than a gas-liquid barrier.

The problem is the CO2; the solution can absorb it alright, but PFC solution is 3 times heavier than water. Pushing out enough with every breath to ensure adequate exchange isn't "a little more work to breathe", its mathematically impossible without a ventilator.

[sb50ct]

Perfluorocarbon is the liquid. The rat didn't die while filming. They used several rats over different takes and none of the rats got hurt!

[sb50ct]

Fluid breathing is a reality. Google it! Five rats were used for five different takes, all of whom survived and were given shots by a vet. The rat that actually appeared in the film died of natural causes a few weeks before the film opened. According to James Cameron, the scene with the rat had to be edited out of the UK movie version because 'the Royal Veterinarian felt that it was painful for the rat'. Cameron repeatedly assures that the rats used for this take didn't suffer any harm.

[Scorpion7T]

good movie. bad video.

[cody1217]

thats fucking cruel...

[TheTurbinator]

Good stuff, exactly;y what i was looking for. They actually dipped that albino lab rat in to the perfluorocarbon solution.

[singular23]

Was there liquid oxygen in the water?

[capitao2mor]

Can someone tell the name of this liquid?