While driving her car on a hot sunny day, a woman was struck in the back of the neck by the dough from an exploding can of Pills

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While driving her car on a hot sunny day, a woman was struck in the back of the neck by the dough from an exploding can of Pills

bury biscuits. From the sound it made and the feeling of warm sticky dough on her neck, she thought she had been hit by a bullet! Describe the likely conditions that caused this to happen. Be sure to explain AT THE MICRO scale how the particles were affected.

Chemistry

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ddd [48] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-04T19:20:55+03:00

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The dough is made from flour sugar, baking soda, sometimes yeast. The sugar is converted into gaseous products including carbon dioxide, CO₂ and alcohols. As more gases are produced, the pressure increases, and according to Charles's law, as the temperature on a sunny day is higher than on a cool day, the pressure of the gases increases further, to the point that the can containing the biscuits can not hold the pressure, leading to an explosion

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