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  2. Sulfur dioxide - Wikipedia

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    Sulfur dioxide is an intermediate in the production of sulfuric acid, being converted to sulfur trioxide, and then to oleum, which is made into sulfuric acid. Sulfur dioxide for this purpose is made when sulfur combines with oxygen. The method of converting sulfur dioxide to sulfuric acid is called the contact process. Several million tons are ...

  3. Decompression sickness - Wikipedia

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    the rate and duration of outgassing on depressurization – the faster the ascent and the shorter the interval between dives the less time there is for absorbed gas to be offloaded safely through the lungs, causing these gases to come out of solution and form "micro bubbles" in the blood. [20] Even when the change in pressure causes no ...

  4. Physiology of decompression - Wikipedia

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    The sudden effect of exiting the water on blood distribution as the support of hydrostatic pressure is removed in the upright position could cause blood shift back from the core to the legs, reversing the effects of immersion at the start of the dive. It is common for all four of these changes to happen in very close succession.

  5. Oxygen saturation - Wikipedia

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    Dissolved oxygen levels required by various species in the Chesapeake Bay (US). In aquatic environments, oxygen saturation is a ratio of the concentration of "dissolved oxygen" (DO, O 2), to the maximum amount of oxygen that will dissolve in that water body, at the temperature and pressure which constitute stable equilibrium conditions.

  6. Henry's law - Wikipedia

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    An everyday example is carbonated soft drinks, which contain dissolved carbon dioxide. Before opening, the gas above the drink in its container is almost pure carbon dioxide, at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure. After the bottle is opened, this gas escapes, moving the partial pressure of carbon dioxide above the liquid to be much ...

  7. SO2 - Wikipedia

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    Sulfur dioxide (SO 2), a colorless gas with a pungent smell Sulfonyl group (R-SO 2-R), a functional group found primarily in sulfones, or a substituent; SO(2), special orthogonal group of degree 2 in mathematics; Oxygen saturation (SO 2), the concentration of oxygen dissolved in a medium

  8. Pascal's law - Wikipedia

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    Pressure in water and air. Pascal's law applies for fluids. Pascal's principle is defined as: A change in pressure at any point in an enclosed incompressible fluid at rest is transmitted equally and undiminished to all points in all directions throughout the fluid, and the force due to the pressure acts at right angles to the enclosing walls.

  9. Osmosis - Wikipedia

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    The process of osmosis over a semipermeable membrane.The blue dots represent particles driving the osmotic gradient. Osmosis (/ ɒ z ˈ m oʊ s ɪ s /, US also / ɒ s-/) [1] is the spontaneous net movement or diffusion of solvent molecules through a selectively-permeable membrane from a region of high water potential (region of lower solute concentration) to a region of low water potential ...