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Glossary:Decompression damage
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In the context of gas effects on seals, decompression damage occurs when pressure is dropped rapidly, gas that has permeated the elastomers and some plastics may rupture the surface of a material when the gas expansion caused by the decompression is faster than the gas can pass through the substance. Most severe in weak tensile-strength materials.