diver descends 100 m to a sunken ship. A container is found with a pressure gage reading 100 kPa (gage). Atmospheric pressure above the water is 1.01 bar. What is the absolute pressure of the gas in the container? (The specific gravity of seawater is 1.2 times that of pure water.)

diver descends 100 m to a sunken ship. A container is found with a pressure gage reading 100 kPa (gage). Atmospheric pressure above the water is 1.01 bar. What is the absolute pressure of the gas in the container? (The specific gravity of seawater is 1.2 times that of pure water.)

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Author:John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson

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Chapter1: Heat, Temperature, And Pressure

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