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It should get pushed in slightly as the molecules are moving slower therefore the pressure inside is reduced

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Q: What happens to an empty plastic bottle when you put it in the freezer?
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Why does a bottle of spring water get crushed when you put the lid on an empty bottle tightly?

The plastic bottle (which is a blight on our planet and should not be bought and tossed away lightly) is made of very thin plastic. As thinly as possible to make it inexpensive to manufacture (so that it can be bought and tossed away thoughtlessly to fill landfills). A small drop in temperature, after the lid is on, will mean that the pressure in the bottle is less than the outside pressure so the bottle implodes. Try drinking the contents of a bottle of water, put the lid on and put it in the freezer. Observe what happens.


What is a bottle with no water?

an empty water bottle


Why would a tightly closed empty water bottle crush itself?

This answer presumes that "empty" means the bottle has no water in it, but does have air in it.In this case the bottle would collapse (or partly collapse) if the temperature inside the bottle dropped to a lower temperature causing the air inside to shrink, or if the bottle was taken to a place of higher air pressure (such as taking the bottle from a mountain peak to the base of the mountain.The bottle would also collapse at some point of evacuation if "empty" means the bottle was evacuated of water and air. The point of collapse, in this case, would depend on the physical construction of the bottle - ie, whether it was made of steel, plastic or glass


How do you separate water and oil using empty cold drink bottle?

we can separate them by using the method of sedimentation and decantation in which the solution is left undisturbed for sometime in an empty cold drink bottle and then oil forms a layer on upper side of the empty cold drink bottle. and then pour the upper liquid in the other container.This is how we can separate the mixture of oil and water using a empty cold drink bottle.


Is an empty water bottle matter?

Yes. The bottle itself is matter, as well as the air inside it.

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What happens when you put an empty bottle in the freezer?

Rather, nothing will happen to the empty water bubble but just making the plastic cold. Actually, it isn't the plastic bottle that is affected, it's only the water that is being affected (if there is any).


Why does a closed empty 2l plastic drink bottle cave in when placed in the freezer?

because of the density and cold air


Why does a bottle of spring water get crushed when you put the lid on an empty bottle tightly?

The plastic bottle (which is a blight on our planet and should not be bought and tossed away lightly) is made of very thin plastic. As thinly as possible to make it inexpensive to manufacture (so that it can be bought and tossed away thoughtlessly to fill landfills). A small drop in temperature, after the lid is on, will mean that the pressure in the bottle is less than the outside pressure so the bottle implodes. Try drinking the contents of a bottle of water, put the lid on and put it in the freezer. Observe what happens.


What is an empty pop bottle made of?

Empty pop bottles are made of glass. Some are made of plastic. Ther is usually a recycling code on the bottomof the bottle or near the bottom that indicates what kind of plastic was used to make the bottle.


What happens if you put an empty water bottle in the refrigerator?

It will get cold.


What happens when you put a plastic bottle of water into the freezer?

The water will turn to Ice. The act of freezing the water causes it to expand in volume. As a result the plastic bottle will swell and deform slightly but it will not burst or break. A glass bottle When we put a plastic bottle in the freezer it contracts, whereas when we put water it dilates. So while the plastic bottle contracts and the water dilates so the bottle eventually contracts.


What happens when you push an empty bottle underwater?

The bottle begans to fill with water and begans to float.


What is the name of the force which stops an empty plastic bottle from being pushed under water?

buoyancy


What things do you need to make a water rocket?

Water, an empty plastic bottle and an air pump.


What happens when you just blow in the middle of an empty bottle?

it will exspand. like my peni does.


Is an empty bottle really empty?

Where is the bottle? There are droplets so it is not empty. An empty bottle is empty of liquid conent but it will have air in it.


Is an 'empty' bottle really empty?

Where is the bottle? There are droplets so it is not empty. An empty bottle is empty of liquid conent but it will have air in it.