Gas Characteristics: Pressure (Sections)(a) How high in

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Problem 17E

Gas Characteristics: Pressure (Sections)

(a) How high in meters must a column of water be to exert a pressure equal to that of a 760-mm column of mercury? The density of water is 1.0 g/mL. whereas that of mercury is 13.6 g/mL. (b) What is the pressure, in atmospheres, on the body of a diver if he or she is 39 ft below the surface of the water when atmospheric pressure at the surface is 0.97 atm?

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