When a vacuum is created in a glass, why doesn't the glass collaspe?

Subject: When a vacuum is created in a glass, why doesn't the glass collaspe?

Date: Thu Mar 29 17:33:37 2001
Posted by Ethan
Grade level: 4-6 School: Home School
City: Byron Center State/Province: MI Country: USA
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 985905217.Eg

Message:


We were studying Robert Boyle's experiement where he removed all the air from 
the glass jar to study the effects of sound waves. It seems with the vacuum 
created the pressure (50 psi?) on the jar would crush the jar. I asked my dad 
but he couldn't explain it so I could understand.

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