Aerosol cans have a label that warns the user not to use them above a certain temperature and not to dispose of them by incinera
tion. Even an empty can contains residual gaseous propellant. For example, the residual pressure in a can is 1.11 atm when it is sitting on a shelf at 23 ∘C. If the can is placed on top of the furnace where the temperature reaches the boiling point of water, what is the pressure inside the can?
The glow stick's outer plastic tube holds a solution of an oxalate ester and an electron-rich dye along with a glass vial filled with a hydrogen peroxide solution. ... Glow sticks light up when oxalate esters react with hydrogen peroxide to form a high-energy intermediate