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In the Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
Ammonia Can Crush
submitted by: Ed Vitz
Department of Chemistry, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530

checked by: Daniel T. Haworth
Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201

Cover
July 1999
Vol. 76 No. 7
p. 932

Abstract
When a 12-oz aluminum soft drink can filled with ammonia or hydrogen chloride gas is inverted and dipped into water, the rapidly dissolving gas evacuates the can and the can is crushed before water can be drawn into it. This demonstrates, among other things, the remarkable strength of hydrogen bonds.
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*  Citation
Vitz, Ed. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 932.
*  Keywords
Demonstrations; Intermolecular Forces; Gases; General Chemistry; Solutions / Solvents
*  History
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Last Updated:
June 9, 1999
June 23, 2005
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