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localroger

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9. Water is not compressible at ocean depth pressures

Reply to Groundhawg (Reply #8)

Fri Jun 23, 2023, 10:51 AM

Jun 2023

All matter is compressible at much higher pressures such as those much deeper within the Earth or a properly designed explosive / implosive sphere, but at 6000 psi it only compresses 1 to 2 percent which is not practically noticeable.

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So the dead people who went down with the Titanic in 1912 [View all] milestogo Jun 2023 OP

i think its different if you go down slowly than if you have explosive decompression Blues Heron Jun 2023 #1

Yes. Not to mention they are te organic particles inclusive of ocean life now hlthe2b Jun 2023 #2

They probably drowned before sinking to those depths. tinrobot Jun 2023 #3

north atlantic in the winter. Javaman Jun 2023 #6

They inthewind21 Jun 2023 #14

no... lapfog_1 Jun 2023 #4

Exactly, most of the human body is water which is not compressible localroger Jun 2023 #5

The water in the human body Groundhawg Jun 2023 #8

Water is not compressible at ocean depth pressures localroger Jun 2023 #9

Not correct. NutmegYankee Jun 2023 #7

One of the exploration trips found hundreds of pairs of shoes on GPV Jun 2023 #10

Shoes come off. milestogo Jun 2023 #11

Yes, but to find so many in pairs? Makes you wonder. GPV Jun 2023 #12

I don't think they were lying in neat rows. BlackSkimmer Jun 2023 #13