Chapter 10, Problem 106RQ

A bubble of air escaping from a divers mask rises from a depth of 100 ft to the surface where the pressure is 1.00 atm. Initially, the bubble has a volume of 10.0 mL. Assuming none of the air dissolves in the water, how many times larger is the bubble just as it reaches the surface? Use your answer to explain why scuba divers constantly exhale as they slowly rise from a deep dive. (The density of seawater is approximately 1.025 g ml. the density of mercury is $\text{13}{\text{.6 g mL}}^{\text{-1}}$.)