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Henry’s Law William Henry was an English physician and chemist who in 1803 proposed what is now called Henry’s law, which states that “At a constant temperature, the amount of a given gas dissolved in a given type and volume of liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas in equilibrium with [...]
Charles’ Law If you have read my first article in this series, An Introduction to Scuba Gas Laws – Part I: Boyle’s Law, you will already be familiar with Boyle’s Law which studies the relation between pressure and volume of a gas while temperature remains constant. Charles’ law also studies volume of gas however taking [...]
The reason for writing an article on Gas Laws is simply because I, like so many other divers, constantly forget the Scuba Gas laws taught to us in our Open Water course. We all tend to understand the concepts and application while diving, but when asked why bleed air from your BCD while ascending, I [...]
