Week 003

Gases and
Thermochemistry
Week 003: Gases and Thermochemistry

Scuba Diving
• Boyle’s Law
• When a diver goes down, water pressure around
him increases, causing air in his scuba equipment
and body to compress. This also causes
compression of air in diver’s ears.
• When a diver goes up, water pressure decreases,
causing air in his scuba equipment and body to
expand. Diver needs to release air while
ascending.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuba_diving; May 2, 2017
Week 003: Gases and Thermochemistry

Energy and Human Life

• Energy consumed by human bodies is being
converted to work, thermal energy or stored fat
• All functions of human body needs energy
• Useful work – requires force exerted in a distance
(i.e. running, climbing stairs, etc.)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Energy_and_life.png; May 2, 2017

• https://www.thoughtco.com/boyles-law-and-scuba-diving-2962935; May 2,
2017
• https://www.boundless.com/physics/textbooks/boundless-physics-
textbook/work-and-energy-6/power-65/humans-work-energy-and-power-
287-6037/; May 2, 2017