Can Crushing with Atmospheric Pressure

University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences Outreach Presents...

***Can Crushing***

Brian is trying to be cool. He's almost there. All he needs is an understanding of atmospheric pressure to be complete.

This video shows the power of atmospheric pressure around us by harnessing it to crush an aluminum can.

Want to learn more about the atmosphere? Check out our website: http://www.atmos.uw.edu/~outreach

University of Washington:
http://www.washington.edu

UW College of the Environment:
http://coenv.washington.edu/

UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences:
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• atmospheric
• pressure
• science
• outreach
• gas
• molecules
• water
• vapor
• vacuum
• condensation
• experiment

[TheCrypticPie]

SCIENCE!

[MSKittytanfrescas]

we did that the can crushed!

[roccheus]

You should use just the glove to turn the can! otherwise someone might think it's the pliers that actually crash the cans! ;)