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Imploding Drum
markwarner » 10am - Dec 9, 2011
The atmosphere applies a pressure of about 100 000 N to every square...
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Category: Forces / Motion / Physics
Tags: science, forces, physics, experiments, veritasium, atmospheric, pressure, imploding, drum, crush, keystage2, keystage3
The atmosphere applies a pressure of about 100 000 N to every square metre on Earth's surface. We take this pressure for granted because we have the same amount of pressure pushing out. But what happens when the pressure of the atmosphere is applied to an object with no outward pressure? It implodes. In spectacular fashion.
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