Why Is It So? — Season 1, Episode 10: Atmospheric Pressure – The Properties of Gases

Episode synopsis

The atmosphere exerts an enormous force (15 pounds of pressure per square inch). Miller crushes steel cans, ruptures rubber, and breaks a wood plank with the atmosphere on his side.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Idea of the Center of Gravity
• E2Newton's First Law of Motion-Inertia
• E33. Newton's Second Law of Motion – The Elevator Problem
• E4Newton's Third Law of Motion – Momentum
• E5Energy and Momentum
• E6Concerning Falling Bodies and Projectiles
• E7The Simple Pendulum and Other Oscillating Things
• E8Adventures with Bernoulli
• E9Soap Bubbles and Soap Films
• E11Centrifugal Force and Other Strange Matters
• E12The Strange Behavior of Rolling Things
• E13Archimedes' Principle