Consider a steaming aluminum soda-pop can that contains a small amount of boiling water. When it is quickly inverted into a bath of cooler water the can is dramatically crushed by atmospheric pressure. This occurs because the pressure inside the can is rapidly reduced by

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The rapid condensation of steam inside the can significantly reduces the internal pressure. When the can is inverted into cooler water, the steam condenses into water, leaving much less gas inside to exert pressure against the atmospheric pressure outside, leading to the can's collapse.

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