A large cylindrical vessel was sealed in summer. What is likely to happen to it in winter?
A large cylindrical vessel was sealed in summer. What is likely to happen to it in winter? Correct Answer buckle end collapse
Explanation:
Let us assume that the cylindrical vessel is perfectly sealed, thus no mass can come in or gets out of the system.
Let us take a random temperature T°C to the air molecules present inside the sealed vessel. The sealed container will contain air and water vapor.
In winter depending on the temperature drop, water vapor condenses to water which occupies less volume than water vapor.
If we apply Ideal gas laws, as the temperature drops, simultaneously the pressure also gets reduced.
In certain situation, the inside pressure will get so much reduced that the difference in pressure creates a compression force in the sealed vessel and depending upon the material, dimension of sealed vessel, there is high chance that the vessel will buckle and gets collapsed.