Pressured Styrofoam

As demonstrated in "Styrofoam and Acetone", styrofoam is mainly air. So what happens if we compress a bottle full of styrofoam beads using a hand pump?

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[LeeHSL]

OK, regarding the dry ice bomb...

1) Several small, sharp pieces of plastic are projected at a very high speed

2) It requires a large, open, secluded area

3) The blast area and time is unpredictable

4) There are plenty of other experiments that demonstrate the cool properties of frozen CO2.

So that's why I dissuade people from doing the dry ice bomb experiment unless it is done with utmost precaution. :)

[LeeHSL]

Er, the only thing in the bottle is styrofoam balls used for refilling beanbags. I got a 10L bag from Bunnings, to use in the video "Styrofoam and Acetone". The hand pump I used is a small device called a "Fizz Keeper Pump".

[IzzyBunneh]

you'd get Styrofoam in your vacuum :<

[MCDEVVOMAN]

come on come on!!!!! oh the videos over : /

[pizzaboy456783]

and then it would most likely pop

[pizzaboy456783]

they would expand of course since theyre mostly air

[sethrexx]

What would happen if you vacuumed the bottle??

[bovlch]

yes.

[wouter1988]

How would you do that..? Open up the bottle and add?

[HiWay69s]

The same thing goes if you take a 6ft styrofoam manequin & lower it in the ocean a few thousand ft it will compress into a 2ft doll

[bovlch]

You could make the bottle explode by somehow adding more styrofoam pellets while the ones inside the bottle are pressurized.

[mdc2296]

it will probably explode if you lit it