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Does pressure have any effect on the oxygen level in the scuba tank?
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∙ 11y ago
I'm not quite sure that I understand your question ....
Are you asking:
a) does it effect the percentage of oxygen in the air in the Scuba tank?
-No. If you're diving compressed air, it's always 21% Oxygen, 79% Nitrogen, just like air (ignoring the 1% other). If you're diving Nitrox (where divers play with the oxygen levels, it still stays the same as it was when they filled their tanks)
b) does it effect how many breaths worth of air you're going to get out of the tank?
- Yes. The deeper you go, the quicker you will deplete the tank.
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Does atmospheric pressure have any effect on the oxygen level in the scuba tank?
No, only when it is released into the atmosphere at the ambient pressure.
What partial pressure of oxygen is a scuba diver breathing if the total pressure is 6.3 ATM and 20 percent of the air is oxygen?
The answer to the question what partial pressure of oxygen is a scuba diver breathing if the total pressure is 6.3 atm and 20 % of the air is oxygen is 1.26 atm (atmospheres).
What does spg stand for in reference to scuba diving?
In reference to scuba diving, "SPG" stands for "Submersible Pressure Guage", which tells you how much air is in your tank so you can resurface before going too low on oxygen.
Can you scuba dive with a pure oxygen tank?
No.
Explain why the pilot can breathe pure oxygen without negative side effects?
Pure oxygen is very harmful to humans at pressures higher than ground level, with the effects becoming worse the higher the pressure - ie. when scuba diving. At lower pressures, such as the cockpit of a plane at altitude, pure oxygen becomes much safer to breathe, to the point some astronauts have breathed it for around 2 weeks (at low pressure) with no detrimental effects.
If there is no oxygen on the moon then how does the man in the moon breathe?
By oxygen tanks - similar to SCUBA divers.
Give one use of oxygen?
For oxygen masks for firefighters, scuba divers etc
How much does scuba gear weigh?
Different scuba gear types weigh different amounts. The oxygen tank is the heavy part of the scuba diving gear.
Do scuba divers breath pure oxygen?
Believe it or not, we can die from too little oxygen AND too much oxygen. This concept involves partial pressures. If we first consider using standard air (i.e. 20% Oxygen and 80% Nitrogen): (1 bar = 1 kilogram of pressure per square centimetre) At the surface - Total Pressure of air = 1 bar - Pressure of Oxygen = 0.2 bar - Pressure of Nitrogen = 0.8 bar At 10m - Total Pressure of air = 2 bar - Pressure of Oxygen = 0.4 bar - Pressure of Nitrogen = 1.6 bar At 20m - Total Pressure of air = 3 bar - Pressure of Oxygen = 0.6 bar - Pressure of Nitrogen = 2.4 bar At 30m - Total Pressure of air = 4 bar - Pressure of Oxygen = 0.8 bar - Pressure of Nitrogen = 3.2 bar At 40m - Total Pressure of air = 5 bar - Pressure of Oxygen = 1.0 bar - Pressure of Nitrogen = 4.0 bar At 50m - Total Pressure of air = 6 bar - Pressure of Oxygen = 1.2 bar - Pressure of Nitrogen = 4.8 bar At 60m - Total Pressure of air = 7 bar - Pressure of Oxygen = 1.4 bar - Pressure of Nitrogen = 5.6 bar At 70m - Total Pressure of air = 8 bar - Pressure of Oxygen = 1.6 bar - Pressure of Nitrogen = 6.4 bar It is at the partial pressure of 1.6 bar (which occurs at 70m where oxygen becomes toxic. That is why most dive organisations recommend 50m as a maximum for recreational diving. However, if pure oxygen is used: At surface - Pressure of Oxygen = 1 bar At 10m - Pressure of oxygen = 2 bar The oxygen has already become toxic! Hope that answers your question. The concept is called "partial pressures" and "oxygen toxicity" if you want to research more on a search engine.
Who invented the first oxygen tank?
The first functioning oxygen apparatus for scuba diving was created by Yves Le Prieur in France. The unit consisted of a cylinder of air with a pressure regulator, exhaust pipe and a face mask.
How do scuba divers breathe underwater?
They don't breathe normally on their own.They have to use pressure regulators to breathe naturally, overcoming the extreme pressure deep underwater.A snorkel and oxygen tank help the divers breathe when they are underwater.
Is the oxygen and nitrogen in a scuba tank considered a heterogeneous?
I would think so, because there are two of them mixed together. Air in a scuba tank or anywhere else should be heterogeneous. A scuba tank filled with either oxygen or nitrogen would be homogeneous.
