Diving physics, or the physics of underwater diving is the basic aspects of physics which describe the effects of the underwater environment on the underwater...
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Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and...
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diver may dive on breath-hold (freediving) or use breathing apparatus for scuba diving or surface-supplied diving, and the saturation diving technique...
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Byford Dolphin (redirect from Byford Dolphin diving bell accident)
Sea, four divers were in a diving chamber system on the rig's deck that was connected by a trunk (a short passage) to a diving bell. The divers were Edwin...
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includes aspects of physics, physiology and oceanography. The practice of scientific work while diving is known as Scientific diving. These topics are covered...
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Standard diving dress, also known as hard-hat or copper hat equipment, deep sea diving suit or heavy gear, is a type of diving suit that was formerly...
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Pressure (redirect from Pressure (physics))
square inch, fsw (feet sea water) used in underwater diving, particularly in connection with diving pressure exposure and decompression; non-SI metric units:...
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necessary for a practitioner of diving medicine includes the medical conditions associated with diving and their treatment, physics and physiology relating to...
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Ambient pressure (category Underwater diving physics)
Ambient-pressure diving is underwater diving exposed to the water pressure at depth, rather than in a pressure-excluding atmospheric diving suit or a submersible...
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Diving bells are usually suspended by a cable, and lifted and lowered by a winch from a surface support platform. Unlike a submersible, the diving bell...
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Partial pressure (category Underwater diving physics)
2012-03-07. Retrieved 2006-05-26. NOAA Diving Program (U.S.) (December 1979). Miller, James W. (ed.). NOAA Diving Manual, Diving for Science and Technology (2nd ed...
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Professional diving is underwater diving where the divers are paid for their work. Occupational diving has a similar meaning and applications. The procedures...
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occupation. ama (海女) – a sea-diving fisherwoman ama (海士) – a sea-diving fisherman ama (海人), kaijin (海人) – a sea-diving fisherperson of either gender...
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Freediving (redirect from Free diving)
Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving, is a mode of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing...
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Technical diving (also referred to as tec diving or tech diving) is scuba diving that exceeds the agency-specified limits of recreational diving for non-professional...
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Hydrostatics (category Underwater diving physics)
Accessed on 2013-02-25. Bettini, Alessandro (2016). A Course in Classical Physics 2—Fluids and Thermodynamics. Springer. p. 8. ISBN 978-3-319-30685-8. Mauri...
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Diving support equipment is the equipment used to facilitate a diving operation. It is either not taken into the water during the dive, such as the gas...
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Deep diving is underwater diving to a depth beyond the norm accepted by the associated community. In some cases this is a prescribed limit established...
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A diving support vessel is a ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects. Basic requirements are the ability to keep station...
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A diving suit is a garment or device designed to protect a diver from the underwater environment. A diving suit may also incorporate a breathing gas supply...
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assignment at the Naval Coastal System Command, she was designated a Basic Diving Officer. She next reported to the Naval Air Training Command, where she...
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Surfactant (category Underwater diving physics)
surfactant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chemistry portal Underwater diving portal Anti-fog – Chemicals that prevent the condensation of water as small...
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Henry's law (category Underwater diving physics)
are unable to think properly, a condition called hypoxia. In underwater diving, gas is breathed at the ambient pressure which increases with depth due...
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Diving equipment, or underwater diving equipment, is equipment used by underwater divers to make diving activities possible, easier, safer and/or more...
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A diving team is a group of people who work together to conduct a diving operation. A characteristic of professional diving is the specification for minimum...
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The diving reflex, also known as the diving response and mammalian diving reflex, is a set of physiological responses to immersion that overrides the...
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Commercial diving may be considered an application of professional diving where the diver engages in underwater work for industrial, construction, engineering...
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Underwater vision (redirect from Low visibility (diving))
"Corrective Dive Masks". Columns, Diving Medicine. Diver magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2016. Lonne, Torben (16 September 2015). "Diving With Contact...
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A diving helmet is a rigid head enclosure with a breathing gas supply used in underwater diving. They are worn mainly by professional divers engaged in...
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atmospheric pressure when free-diving or snorkelling will not usually need to decompress. Divers using an atmospheric diving suit do not need to decompress...
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