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    Density of Air in the Mesosphere?

    How is air density calculated? I can't seem to find any tables for the mesosphere. There are some calculators online that base it on height, but I'm not sure if they'll be accurate.
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    Hypothetical Hollow Steel Sphere: collapse from outside pressure

    Yes, I'm curious to how this formula was derived! What about a cylinder or a cube?
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    Hypothetical Hollow Steel Sphere: collapse from outside pressure

    Hello physics forums, Say you had a hollow steel sphere of thickness 1 mm and diameter of 1 meter (from outside to outside)? Inside the sphere is gas at 1 atm pressure. Outside is 1 atm of pressure. How much gas would I have to remove from the inside until the sphere collapsed from...
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