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Re: Pressure physics problems

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Originally Posted by dlavery
Mike -

Just a clarification. I seem to remember from my scuba (and a few other) classes) that overburden pressure increases of incompressible materials (e.g. pressure increases associated with increasing water depth) is linear. So in the example cited above, would it not be that 1 liter of compressed air at 100 feet will expand to 2 liters at 66 feet, and 3 liters at 33 feet, and 4 liters at the surface?

-dave
Pressure is linear with depth, but the volume of a given quantity of gas varies as the inverse of the pressure. 4/4 liter at 99 feet is 4/3 liter at 66 feet is 4/2 liter at 33 feet is 4/1 liter at the surface.
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