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What would happen if you created a vaccum within a jar and removed all the atoms within it?

Assuming you could theoretically, no oxygen, co2 , but you could still observe and test the inside (somehow, forget the method) what do you think would happen, would the jar compound on itself? Be impossible to open? Would something else be there? What do you think?

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  • 4 years ago

    Creating a vacuum is the same as removing all the atoms.

    The inside of the jar would be very clean. If the jar can't withstand atmospheric pressure, then yes it will break. Atmosheric pressure is approximately 14.7 psi. Multiplying that with the area of the jar lid, you get the force needed to open the jar. So, it wouldn't be incredibly hard to open, especially if the jar lid has threads.

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