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Let’s first state our assumptions:
Very thin membrane, the balloon skin cannot be compressed more than it already is
Zero trapped air
Isothermal conditions, water temperature at the bottom of the ocean is the same as the top, that way we don’t need to deal with thermal expansion
Balloon is a perfect sphere
Calculations:
Pressure on the balloon is densitygravitydepth ~= 1000 x 10 x 100 = 1 Mpa or 10 atmospheres
The bulk modulus of water is 2.2 Gpa so (change in volume)/(initial volume) = (change in pressure)/(bulk modulus) = 0.0046% decrease in volume
0.0046% decrease in volume is like a 0.015% decrease in radius
So yes the balloon does get a little bit smaller
is there a /m/theydidthemath ?
/m/theydidthemonstermath