In scuba diving while ascending towards the water surface there is a danger of bursting the lungs It...........

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In scuba-diving, while ascending towards the water surface, there is a danger of bursting the lungs. It is because of

Archimedes' principle

Boyle's law

Gay-Lussac's law of combining volumes

Graham's law of diffusion

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Explanation:

Boyle's law

-During a dive, a diver's body absorbs nitrogen gas. The nitrogen gas compresses due to water pressure following Boyle's Law, and slowly saturates his body tissues. ... In a worst-case scenario, a diver who ascends quite rapidly may rupture small structures in his lungs known as alveoli.

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