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Boyle's law and diving

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Boyle's law states that the volume of gas is inversely proportional to the absolute pressure when temperature is constant. Therefore, divers are taught to exhale on ascent--otherwise expanding air may rupture the delicate alveoli. Adapted from NOAA (1979).
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