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RE: Did submarines suffer from bends?
Posted by: Peter Nall ()
Date: February 01, 2001 12:54PM

For the record, the bends is a condition brought about by the blood\'s ability to dissolve higher quantities of atmospheric glasses when under pressure, such as in deep water. The bends is caused when nitrogen forms bubbles in places like the major joints because natural loss through the lungs is too slow to \"vent\" high gas concentrations.
The submarine is a rigid pressure vessel, maintaining an internal pressure close to one atmosphere. No bends, but plenty of other physical and mechanical hazards for the crew.

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Did submarines suffer from bends? BernardZ 01/27/2001 12:25PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? bernardz 01/27/2001 12:27PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? kurt 01/27/2001 02:35PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? Fin Bonset 01/29/2001 07:39PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? Peter Nall 02/01/2001 12:54PM
RE: Higher air pressure when submerged kurt 01/29/2001 10:11PM
RE: Higher air pressure when submerged Rick Mann 02/01/2001 04:39PM
RE: Did submarines suffer from bends? Steve Cooper 02/02/2001 03:07AM


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