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The volume of blood in the body of a deep sea diver is about 4.90 L. Blood cells make up about 45% of the blood volume and the remaining 55% is the aqueous solution called plasma. The diver dives to a depth of 93.0 m where the pressure is 10.0 atm. What is the maximum volume of nitrogen gas, in liters, that can dissolve in the diver's blood plasma where the diver's body pressure is 1.00 atm and temperature is 37 °C? (This is the volume that could come out of solution suddenly, causing the painful and dangerous condition called the bends if the diver were to ascend too quickly.) Assume that Henry's constant for nitrogen at 37 °C is 5.80 x 10-4mol·L-¹.atm-¹. V = L

The volume of blood in the body of a deep sea diver is about 4.90 L. Blood cells make up about 45% of the blood volume and the remaining 55% is the aqueous solution called plasma. The diver dives to a depth of 93.0 m where the pressure is 10.0 atm. What is the maximum volume of nitrogen gas, in liters, that can dissolve in the diver's blood plasma where the diver's body pressure is 1.00 atm and temperature is 37 °C? (This is the volume that could come out of solution suddenly, causing the painful and dangerous condition called the bends if the diver were to ascend too quickly.) Assume that Henry's constant for nitrogen at 37 °C is 5.80 x 10-4mol·L-¹.atm-¹. V = L

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The volume of blood in the body of a deep sea diver is about 4.90 L. Blood cells make up about 45% of the blood volume and the remaining 55% is the aqueous solution called plasma. The diver dives to a depth of 93.0 m where the pressure is 10.0 atm. What is the maximum volume of nitrogen gas, in liters, that can dissolve in the diver's blood plasma where the diver's body pressure is 1.00 atm and temperature is 37 °C ? (This is the volume that could come out of solution suddenly, causing the painful and dangerous condition called the bends if the diver were to ascend too quickly.) Assume that Henry's constant for nitrogen at 37 °C is 5.80 x 10¯4mol·L-¹.atm¯¹. V = L
Transcribed Image Text:The volume of blood in the body of a deep sea diver is about 4.90 L. Blood cells make up about 45% of the blood volume and the remaining 55% is the aqueous solution called plasma. The diver dives to a depth of 93.0 m where the pressure is 10.0 atm. What is the maximum volume of nitrogen gas, in liters, that can dissolve in the diver's blood plasma where the diver's body pressure is 1.00 atm and temperature is 37 °C ? (This is the volume that could come out of solution suddenly, causing the painful and dangerous condition called the bends if the diver were to ascend too quickly.) Assume that Henry's constant for nitrogen at 37 °C is 5.80 x 10¯4mol·L-¹.atm¯¹. V = L
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The solubility of a gas in a liquid depends on the pressure, temperature, and the solubility constant of the gas in that particular liquid. Henry's Law describes the relationship between the solubility of a gas and its partial pressure above the liquid. 

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