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If an aluminum can with hot air (high air pressure) is placed upside down in a pan of water...?

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why does it "pop" and scrunch up like a paper ball???

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  1. The hot air cools, which lowers its pressure and forms at least a partial vacuum.  The normal pressure of the atmosphere presses inward, and with a vacuum inside the can, it has to "scrunch up"

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