I do not have a lot of trouble breathing with SCUBA gear under 100 feet of water. The pressure there is far greater than that in any deep well full of air that I can imagine. Perhaps this well is full of water?
I suppose the increased pressure by increased density of gas makes it harder to inhale and exhale, but I have never noticed that. I think the question is pretty phony and whoever wrote it is not a diver.
Why does a person feel difficult to breathe when he is in a deep well?
Please answer!!!
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is there presence of co2 so the density of air is increased?????
Carbondioxide is heavier than air. In the well, carbondioxide displaces the air present inside the well and only carbondioxide gas is collected at the bottom. So, there is lack of oxygen. Hence the person feels difficult to breathe while cleaning the deep well.
If you stay there long enough to decrease the oxygen and increase the CO2 and there is no input of fresh air that could happen.
a deep well allows for little air circulation and the components of the atmosphere can stratify to a certain extent
oxygen (which we need to breathe) is not the densest component
the noble (inert) gas, argon, makes up about 1% of air; and is the heaviest
as already mentioned, carbon dioxide is heavier than oxygen; and is produced by the person
the decreasing amount of oxygen in the air presents a real danger of suffocation
oxygen (which we need to breathe) is not the densest component
the noble (inert) gas, argon, makes up about 1% of air; and is the heaviest
as already mentioned, carbon dioxide is heavier than oxygen; and is produced by the person
the decreasing amount of oxygen in the air presents a real danger of suffocation
it is the lowered PARTIAL PRESSURE of oxygen, coupled with the increased PP of carbon dioxide that causes problems
Then why in earth surface all gases are mixed , there also should be carbon dioxide in the surface?
The person feels difficult to breathe in a deep well while cleaning it because the density of oxygen is less than the density of the carbon dioxide that eventually makes the presence of oxygen less in the well. So, the person don't get the required amount of oxygen and the person feels it difficult.
It is because there is presence of other gases like co2 rather than o2. So due to less availability of o2 in deep well and presence of more density of other gases one feel difficult to breathe. Thank you
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