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Table 1 Pressure change and lung volume with depth

From: Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine as a Branch of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Depth

Depth

Absolute pressure

Lung volume

(fsw)

(m)

(ata)

(%)

0

0

1

100

33

10

2

50

66

20

3

33

99

30

4

25

132

40

5

20

165

50

6

16.7

  1. fsw (feet sea water), ata (atmospheres absolute pressure).