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Titan vessel imploded in deepsea, how come deepsea fish are able to survive with unbelievable pressure undersea

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Faraz
Jun 25, 2023
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The Titan vessel imploded in deepsea because it had air pockets inside it that could not withstand the high hydrostatic pressure of the water. The pressure increases by 1 atm for every 10 meters of depth, so at the depth of about 4 km where the Titan sank, the pressure was about 400 times greater than at the surface. This caused the air pockets to colla…

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