Tuesday, April 13, 2010

The Collapsing Can

The water boiled in the can, when the water touched the front of the can it sizzled because of the heat of the can. As the can indented little by little, steam came out, the molecules in the water was vibrating because the water was bubbling violently. When there was enough steam we removed the can from the heat and dumped it in a bowl of iced water and it collapsed immediately. The vapor from the hot water pushed all the air out the can. When the can was filled with vapor, we cooled it fast by putting it in the water. Making the can cool caused the vapor in the can to condense leaving the can with nothing. When the can had nothing inside, the air pressure outside the can made it collapse.

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