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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

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

The physics of submarines

This page covers the physics involved in submarine propulsion, diving, and also sonar.

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http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/212_fall2003.web.dir/nathan_earls/intro_slide.html

What causes the bends?

Decompression sickness, also known as the bends, is one danger of diving. Find out how changes in pressure can cause the bends.

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http://www.howstuffworks.com/question101.htm

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