Atmospheric composition
Nitrogen 78%
Oxygen 21%
Argon 0.93%
Altitude zones
Physiologic zone
Physiologically deficient zone
Space equivalent zone
Physiologic zone
Sea level - 10,000 MSL
Physiologically Deficient Zone
10K - 50K MSL
Space Equivalent Zone
> 50K MSL
Boyles law
Pressure of gas is inversely proportional to volume
Boyles balloon
Charles law
Volume of gas in directly proportional to temperature
Charles Centigrade
Daltons law
Total pressure is sum of partial pressure of all the gases.
Daltons gang
Fick’s law
Diffusion of gas