EXHIBIT 11.1
 
                                THERMATRIX INC.
 
                 STATEMENTS OF COMPUTATION OF PRO FORMA COMMON
                             SHARES AND EQUIVALENTS
 
                  (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
 
   

                                                          THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                                               MARCH 31,
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                                                  1995      1995       1996
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Net Loss........................................ $(5,194)   $(1,353)   $(1,243)
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Weighted average common shares outstanding......      86         64        129
Weighted average common equivalent shares:
  Weighted average preferred stock outstanding..   4,169      4,169      4,169
Adjustments to reflect requirements of the
 Securities and Exchange
 Commission's Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 83:
  Preferred Stock Issuances.....................     284        284        284
  Preferred Stock Warrants......................      17         17         17
  Common Stock Option Grants....................     350        350        350
  Additional preferred stock issuances if an
   initial public offering is
   completed by July 15, 1996 (1)...............     814        814        814
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Pro forma total weighted average common shares
 and equivalents................................   5,720      5,698      5,763
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Pro forma net loss per share.................... $ (0.91) $   (0.24) $   (0.22)
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(1)See Note 6 and Note 10 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.