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The science behind diving / Howard Crumpton

Event type: Group event
Date: 20th June 2026
Time: 10:00 am
Group: Science for All
Venue: Catholic Church Hall

Find out what equipment is needed to enable a diver to breath underwater and see how it works (equipment demonstration).   Learn about Dalton’s and Boyle’s gas law, their relevance and importance to recreational and commercial (saturation) diving; oxygen can kill you, nitrogen can make you drunk!  What is ‘saturation diving?  How and why is it carried out?   All will be revealed….