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Pressure in Gases: Boiling Water in a Can Explained
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[QUOTE="kuruman, post: 5925929, member: 192687"] Your second paragraph explains the process very well. As you say, you need to fill the can with steam and displace the air. When you cool the can the steam condenses and creates a partial vacuum. If you just cooled the air without displacing it, the partial vacuum would not be sufficient to crush the can. The change in volume from steam at 100 °C to water at 10 °C is much much greater than the change in volume of air from 100 °C to air at 10 °C. [/QUOTE]
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