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Collapse Lab Report

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During the Collapsing Can Experiment, there were four important terms that were being mentioned repeatedly: air pressure, water vapor, collapse, and aluminum. By definition, air pressure is the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the atmosphere. Water vapor is the gaseous phase of water. It can be produced from the evaporation or boiling of liquid water or from the sublimation of ice. Collapse is an instance of a structure falling down or in. For example, the results of the aluminum can. Aluminum is the chemical element of atomic number 13, a light silvery-gray metal. When liquid water is heated, it changes to water vapor which pushes all of the molecule air out of the container as it rises. After the liquid water was heated, it was

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