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Oct 20, 2015 · In a new study published in Physical Review Letters researchers found that the amount of pressure inside a balloon directly affects how the balloon pops. The authors filmed...
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5 days ago · The main reason why balloons pop boils down to two scientific concepts: stress and strain . In the world of science, stress is the force that’s applied to an object—in this case, the air pressure on the inside of the balloon.
4 days ago · On the flip side, cold temperatures cause gas molecules to slow down, and the balloon shrinks as the pressure decreases. Though this may not immediately lead to popping, sharp fluctuations between hot and cold can weaken the balloon’s structure, making it more vulnerable to bursting.
A balloon pops when the material that makes up its surface tears or shreds, creating a hole. [1][2] Normally, there is a balance of the balloon skin's elastic tension in which every point on the balloon's surface is being pulled by the material surrounding it.
In a fraction of a second, the entire skin of the balloon has contracted all the way back to a point on the opposite side from the pin. The high-pressure air that was inside the balloon is now free to expand and this creates a pressure wave that our ears hear as a bang.
Nov 27, 2015 · Scientists analyzed the process by watching cracks spread through a bursting balloon in slow motion. Grab the embed code for this video at Times Video: http://nyti.ms/1LxK6B4...
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Oct 23, 2012 · When you blow air inside the balloon, it expands thereby increasing the pressure (more specifically stress) within the balloon. When this pressure overcomes the ultimate tensile strength (breaking stress) of the balloon, it breaks.
