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Physics of gases, Thermodynamic states and processes, Educational aids, Vortex dynamics, Lectures

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Steve Prior's videos for the PADI Instructor Development Course

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Physics and Scuba Diving

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http://www.idc-guide.com/physics.html

I have been doing a literature and web search on the many cool physics phenomena relevant to scuba diving for a forthcoming physics of scuba diving workshop at the January 2015 AAPT National Meeting in San Diego, CA. To date many of the best references I have found are freely available on the web. Chapter Two of the NOAA Diving Manual is excellent and widely available, as are related slides. Jordan Gerton's (University of Utah Physics) YouTube video lecture and demonstrations while diving in Hawaii nicely demonstrate Boyle's law compression of air at depth in plastic bottles, balloons, and tennis balls, and shows creating air bubbles that become expanding vortex rings akin to the standard vortex cannon air demonstration. The end of the video lecture section encompasses a number of largely descriptive...

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