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That wiki page describes a decompression injury, which AFAIU is the opposite of implosion: > This resulted in the chamber being explosively decompressed from a
by TechBro8615 3y ago
That wiki page describes a decompression injury, which AFAIU is the opposite of implosion:
> This resulted in the chamber being explosively decompressed from a pressure of nine atmospheres to the one atmosphere of the unsealed chamber system.
Whereas an analogous description of the submarine implosion would describe the opposite, i.e. "explosively compressed from a pressure of one atmosphere to 400 atmospheres."
- ceejayoz 3y agoThe point is the extreme, rapid force involved. Imploding or exploding, nine atmospheres is gonna suck. 400 atmospheres is... like standing under a nuclear bomb. The good news is it doesn't hurt, at all. Someone else on the thread posted a video of a one atmosphere implosion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz95_VvTxZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz95_VvTxZM). 400x the pressure here.
- TechBro8615 3y agoIndeed. I'd be curious if there would even be a body to find. I have to imagine it'd be compressed into paste. It's very disturbing to think about, but also a preferable way to die compared to suffering through 96 hours of uncertainty before slowly asphyxiating.