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AP EAMCET202022 Sep 2020Morning ShiftChemistryp Block Elements (Group 15, 16, 17 & 18)Actual

The avoid bends sickness, the tanks used by scuba divers are filled with air and díluted with ......

Options

  1. Ahelium gas
  2. Bargon gas
  3. Ckrypton gas
  4. Dxenon gas

Correct answer

A. helium gas

Step-by-step solution

The gas bubbles (like nitrogen) in the bodily fluids affect nerve impulses giving rise to decompression sickness or bends. These can be painful and fatal. So, the avoid bends sickness, the tanks used by scuba divers are filled with air and diluted with helium gas.

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