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Can Implosion Lab

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Last updated almost 5 years ago
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Designed as post lab questions for a lab where a can is heated and then dunked into a cold water bath top down, which typically results in either a lot of water being sucked into the can or a rapid implosion of the can.
Question 1
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Question 2
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Question 3
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Pick at least two of the next four questions to complete.
Question 4
4.

Draw a molecular level representation of what was happening to the gas molecules in and around the can as it was heated.

Question 5
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Draw a molecular level representation of what was happening to the gas molecules in and around the can right before the can changed after being dunked in the ice water

Question 6
6.

One group's can did not deform, however as they pulled it out of the water a ton of water poured out of the opening.
Draw arrows showing the forces that explain why there was so much water in the can

Question 7
7.

Draw a molecular level representation of what would happen to the gas molecules in and around the can if you dunked the can in the ice water bath right side up instead of upside down.

Complete all of the remaining questions
Question 8
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Question 9
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Question 10
10.

The pressure outside the can was
Lower than inside the can during heating and cooling
Realtively constant throughout the experiment
Higher than inside the can during heating and cooling
During heating the pressure in the can was...
equal to outside the can
higher than outside the can
lower than outside the can
After being dunked in the ice bath but right before the can changed, the pressure in the can was
Equal to outside the can
Higher than outside the can
Lower than outside the can
As temperature of a gas goes up, volume goes...
up
down
As temperature of a gas goes up, pressure goes...
up
down
As volume of a gas goes up, pressure goes...
up
down