The solubility of N2 in blood at 37.2°C and a partial pressure of 81.0 kPa is 5.6 x 10-4 mol/L.   At a depth of 80 m, a scuba diver breathes compressed air in which the partial pressure of N2 is 900 kPa. Considering that the total volume of blood in the human body is 5.0 L, calculate the amount of N2 gas released (in liters) when the diver returns to the surface, where the partial pressure of N2 is still 81 kPa and the atmospheric pressure is 101.3 kPa.   The volume and temperature of the blood remained constant.   R = 8.3145 kPa-L-mol-1-K-1 0 K = -273.15 °C

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 The solubility of N2 in blood at 37.2°C and a partial pressure of 81.0 kPa is 5.6 x 10-4 mol/L.
 
At a depth of 80 m, a scuba diver breathes compressed air in which the partial pressure of N2 is 900 kPa. Considering that the total volume of blood in the human body is 5.0 L, calculate the amount of N2 gas released (in liters) when the diver returns to the surface, where the partial pressure of N2 is still 81 kPa and the atmospheric pressure is 101.3 kPa.
 
The volume and temperature of the blood remained constant.
 
R = 8.3145 kPa-L-mol-1-K-1
0 K = -273.15 °C 

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