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Robert D. Meyers and Gordon T. Yee

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0215

Tom Hanninen

Department of Chemistry, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530

J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76 (7), p 933

DOI: 10.1021/ed076p933

Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1999

Abstract

The familiar demonstration of collapsing a can by filling it with water vapor and then sealing it and allowing it to cool is improved by performing it with a 20-L steel solvent drum instead. This modification is significant because the steel drum is sufficiently sturdy to resist mechanical attempts to crush it. In contrast, the action of the atmosphere will dramatically collapse the drum almost completely.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Demonstrations

Keywords (Feature):

Tested Demonstrations

Keywords (Subject):

Gases

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