Ideal Gas Law in Action: Can Crush Experiment Video Watch time Under 1 minute January 26, 2025 Image What force crushed this can? In this video, we dive into an application of the ideal gas law. When a can of boiling water is dunked upside down into a beaker of cold water, the steam inside the can cools rapidly and condenses, causing a drop in pressure inside the can. When the pressure outside the can is greater than the pressure inside, this crushes the can! Topics Physics Women in STEM Share