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I3-11: WATER BAROMETER - BOTTLE COLLAPSE

PURPOSE: To demonstrate the pressure in a water column.

DESCRIPTION: Two plastic bottles are connected by a plastic tube and the entire system is mostly filled with water. Holding either of the two bottles up in the air causes that bottle to collapse.

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REFERENCES: (PIRA unavailable.)

EQUIPMENT: Two 2-liter soda bottles filled with water connected by tubing.

SETUP TIME: None.


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