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The Bends -Causes

The Bends -Causes

A medical explanation of what causes decompression sickness (the bends) in divers.

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What causes the bends?

What causes the bends?

SCUBA diving is different from holding your breath and diving, and to understand the difference you need to understand the incredible pressures that a diver's body experiences. Decompression ...

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How to Bend it Like Beckham

How to Bend it Like Beckham

An excellent animation from the BBC demonstrating how to curve a football.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/football/ball.shtml#animation
Diving physics and fizzyology

Diving physics and fizzyology

A detailed account of how pressure affects the gases dissolved in divers'blood and how it can lead to decompression sickness - the bends.

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http://www.iantd.com/rebreather/phys.html
Diver's Decompression

Diver's Decompression

Find out what causes the bends and plan a decompression dive.

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http://www.pbs.org/oceanrealm/intheschool/school10.html
Cyclotron

Cyclotron

The cyclotron was one of the earliest types of particle accelerators, and is still used as the first stage of some large multi-stage particle accelerators. It makes use of the magnetic force on a ...

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/magnetic/cyclot.html#c1
The physics of diving - pressure and buoyancy

The physics of diving - pressure and buoyancy

A site about diving, examining how pressure affects divers and how they can fall victim to the bends.

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http://library.thinkquest.org/28170/32.html
Refracted Light

Refracted Light

Light travels at different speeds through different materials. When light slows down or speeds up, it bends in a new direction. This bending of light is called refraction.

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