There is no denying that scuba diving is truly one of the most difficult to understand among the many available sport and recreational activities. There are so many things to be learned from scuba diving before those who wish to try this activity can truly enjoy.

Of the many things that should be mastered in scuba diving, giving time understanding the physics of diving is truly important. The physics of diving include the gas laws, one of which is the Boyle’s law. This is not one of those laws that scuba divers need to comply. This Boyle’s law is one of the laws in nature and in physics in particular.

Boyle’s law simply explained pressure, volume, and their relationship. The discovery of this gas law would not have been possible without the help of Boyle’s amateur yet dynamic scientists and colleagues namely: Henry Power and Richard Towneley. These two budding scientists were the actually the ones who observed this phenomenon between volume and pressure, however it was Robert Boyle who conducted the experiment to confirm the observation of the latter two and got to publish the result of the experiment sometime in 1662.

This law was named after its so-called founder, Robert Boyle who was hailed as a true-blooded natural scientist and philosopher. Robert Boyle spent most of his time in Lismore, County Waterford in Ireland in 1627 until 1691. Notable in this discovery is the help of Robert Hooke, and was the one who actually built the apparatus that was used the experiment. In fact is was believed that Hooke is a more capable mathematician that his boss. One of the many accomplishments of the latter is the vacuum pumps which were also used in the conduct of the experiment.

Another remarkable and equally interesting about this particular gas law is the fact that in some other place and time, one French scientist in the person of Edme Mariotte had made the same discovery, hence this particular gas law is often called as Mariotte’s law or Mariotte Boyle law. However Boyle’s law as the name of the gas law is more popularly used.

Today there more than a hundred resources that try to demonstrate the principle behind Boyle’s gas law. These experiments are even available from the Internet, which can just be accessed anytime. Some of these experiments are even presented using animation technology to aid in the better understanding of an otherwise relatively difficult subject matter such as Boyle’s law. There are also some experiments that ahs something to do with scuba diving, which actually explains the principles in Boyle’s law in relation to scuba diving.

Boyle’s law submarine concept came into existence owing to mechanism from this gas law in the operation of submarines. As the law explained that within a fixed temperature, a certain gas in containment will compress when applied with pressure. The relationship between the volume of gas in a constant amount and the pressure applied in its total amount is definitely inversely proportional. This means that in a constant temperature, when the pressure of that certain gas is increased to 100 percent, its volume will decrease to 50 percent. This also means that as the submarine descends, it faces an increased pressure, which also means that the amount of gas will automatically decrease.

The same concept is true in scuba diving applying the same principle of Boyle’s law. For example if a diver is diving at 33 feet it is expected that the quantity of air present in any diver’s lungs is doubled. Though the size of the lungs is still the same, the air present in the lungs will compress as it doubles it amount. As the diver goes deeper, the pressure also increases, in this case a diver’s lungs is now holding the air at least thrice the amount as it can hold above the water. The point is that the lungs can only hold so much air otherwise it will burst or cause the dive discomfort while underwater.

Boyle’s law is truly one important aspect of the physics of diving that each budding and expert scuba diver should by heart. Learning this gas law will help make any diver always in safety.