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A scuba diver ascends too quickly and develops the bends A

Last updated: 6/28/2023

A scuba diver ascends too quickly and develops the bends A

A scuba diver ascends too quickly and develops the bends A nitrogen bubble has formed in the patient s elbow At a depth of 50 ft where the pressure is 2 51 atm the bubble had a volume of 0 018 mL Assuming a constant temperature and number of moles of nitrogen in the bubble what volume did the bubble increase to at the surface where the pressure is 1 00 atm bubble volume at surface The scuba diver is placed into a hyperbaric oxygen chamber where the pressure is 3 98 atm What is the volume of this same nitrogen bubble while the patient is in the hyperbaric chamber bubble volume in chamber mL ml