Crush the Can

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Condition :   Excellent  
Principle :   Air Pressure
Area of Study :  Heat & Fluids  
Equipment :   One gallon gas can, Vacuum pump with hose.

Procedure :   The cans may be purchased from McMaster-Carr.
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   Web Sites
Atmospheric Can Crush. 

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© 1997-2002 Brian Carusella All rights reserved.

 

   References

John D. McGervey, "Hands-on Physics for Less Than a Dollar per Hand-Part II," TPT, Vol.  34, # 7, p. 448- 449, (Oct. 1996).

James P. Louviere,  "The Inscrutable, Open - Ended Toy Balloon -- A Thought-Provoking Static Engine,"  TPT, Vol. 27, # 2, p. 95, (February 1989).

Jukka O. Mattila,  "Physics at the Fire Station,"  TPT, Vol. 26, # 7, p. 440, (October 1988).

Julius Summer Miller, "Collapsing A Bigger Barrel", TPT, Vol. 22, # 2, Feb. 1984, p. 70.

 

Fd-1:  Freier and Anderson,  A Demonstration Handbook for Physics.

 

M- 326:  Richard Manliffe Sutton, Demonstration Experiments in Physics.

 

Stanley J. Micklavzina,  "Demonstration Ideas,"  PIRA Newsletter, Vol. 5, # 5, March 1992.

 



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