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Air is made of Oxygen and Nitrogen molecules (mostly). The number of molecules that a vessel can contain is directly proportional to how close the molecules can get to one another. As the pressure increases in a closed system, the molecules of air the vessel can hold increases. PV=nRT is an ideal gas law where P = pressure; V = volume; n = Number of moles of gas; R = gas constant; and T = temperature. If the Volume stays the same and the temperature stays the same, the only variable that can increase is the number of moles. Therefore, it is safe to say that at higher pressures, a vessel can contain more "air." Jeremy B. Lynn Engineer
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