I forgot this bag of chips (on the left) in the car today, and for some reason I came back after work to find the bag seriously ready to burst!!! Haha What's the explanation?
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Margie
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OK - so I "googled" it and here is all I could find. Also there was another explanation about gasses and being hot, but nothing with a complete answer...
Why do potato chip bags expand while flying on an airplane?
Answer
As you get further from sea level, the air gets thinner; when you fly in a plane they keep the air inside thicker than the air outside so you can breathe easily, but it's still thinner than on the ground. A chip bag is sealed on the ground, so when it gets up to where the air is thin the pressure inside is still the same as it was down near sea level; that means the chip bag swells as pressure inside stays the same but pressure outside drops.
I forgot this bag of chips (on the left) in the car today, and for some reason I came back after work to find the bag seriously ready to burst!!! Haha What's the explanation?
3 comments:
OK - so I "googled" it and here is all I could find. Also there was another explanation about gasses and being hot, but nothing with a complete answer...
Why do potato chip bags expand while flying on an airplane?
Answer
As you get further from sea level, the air gets thinner; when you fly in a plane they keep the air inside thicker than the air outside so you can breathe easily, but it's still thinner than on the ground. A chip bag is sealed on the ground, so when it gets up to where the air is thin the pressure inside is still the same as it was down near sea level; that means the chip bag swells as pressure inside stays the same but pressure outside drops.
I'm thinking it has something to do with the moisture in the chips getting hot & turning into steam. But, how much moisture can there be in chips?
Also...the bag of Doritos was in the back seat??? But out of the sun???? Splain the Lucy!
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