True or false: blood will boil at 50,000 ft altitude
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True or false: blood will boil at 50,000 ft altitude

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i.e., boils.However, blood inside the body is not immediately exposed to a vacuum,......
i am watching this documentary on national geographic and the guy is taking about a mission on an aircraft and that they have pressure suits he said "above 50,000 ft your blood boils without the pressurization suits" i wasnt aware blood could boil under any circumstances so is this likely true or false?

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True. In a vacuum or near vacuum like 50k feet, water cannot exist as a liquid, it goes immediately to the vapor state, i.e., boils.

However, blood inside the body is not immediately exposed to a vacuum, that keeps it from boiling for minutes at least.

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i knew a friend of my moms that died because her blood boiled when she was laying out sunbathing shortly after she had
chemotherapy. true story.

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That sounds about right.

If you are exposed to low pressures like that, a lot of nasty things happen.

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