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Marshmallows are mostly air puffed sweetened Gelatin. When the air pressure outside of the mallow goes down, the air inside begins to expand. The further out of equilibrium it goes, the larger the mallow will expand until all of the air inside has escaped.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoA marshmallow is basically an edible foam, containing millions of tiny chambers or cells, most of which are closed with air trapped inside. Walls of cells are strong enough to resist rupturing by gas pressure. So when placed in a vacuum, the marshmallow expands because external pressure has been removed, allowing all of its individual air cells to expand.
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∙ 12y agoBecause the particles inside of it get so hot they get so far apart they start growing and when they grow it makes the object, the marshmellow expand.
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∙ 13y agoIt expands since there is no air pressure on the marshmallow.
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I need to expand my bedroom storage. How do those vacuum storage bags work?
Vacuum storage bags work by shrinking the size of whatever you put in them. They are extremely efficient.
Do marshmallows expand or dissolve when eaten?
No, marshmallows begin to break down by amylases in saliva. And, in the stomach, gastric juices further break down the sugars in marshmallows to dissolve them down. So, marshmallows don't expand, they liquify in the stomach.
If you put marshmallows in a oat biscuit recipe would it work?
What are you trying to make? You can put marshmallows in most anything and that is what you will have. Marshmallows in a biscuit. I can't believe this would make a good finished product, but I'm not the one eating it.
Why is sugar in marshmallows?
Because the factorys put it there duhhh
How can you take two marshmallows to the moon?
you can put it in the freezer.
How do i measure dry mini marshmallows into 8 ounces?
Get a set of digital kitchen scales and put the marshmallows on one by one until you have 8oz
250g of mini marshmallows is how many cups?
There is about 5 cups of mini marshmallows in a 250g bag.
How does air get into a marshmallow to make it bigger?
Air does not necessarily go into marshmallows to make them expand. In fact, marshmallows are already full of air in tiny bubbles. There are two mechanisms that cause marshmallows to expand, both resulting from an imbalance in the pressure inside these bubbles compared to that of the atmosphere. The first way would be if the marshmallow is placed inside a vacuum, or any other low pressure environment. Because there is a fixed amount of air in the bubbles (from when the marshmallows were made), when the external pressure pushing against the outside of the marshmallow decreases, the air inside the marshmallow will expand so that its pressure is equal to that of its atmosphere. The other mechanism is perhaps more familiar, and that is in a microwave. What happens is that when the microwave heats the water in the marshmallow, it warms the air and the sugary goo around it. This causes the air to expand. This is like what happens when you bring balloons into a heated building during winter- the heat causes the air molecules to move faster, and bump into the sides of the container with more force, therefore pushing outward. Again the pressures inside and outside must equal each other, so the bubbles in the marshmallow expand. Furthermore, when the sugar is heated, it becomes more pliable, which allows the air to expand more easily.
How does an egg suck into a bottle when you put 3 matches in it?
The matches burn up the oxygen, removing it. This causes a vacuum, which pulls the egg in. Also the heat from the matches expand the air in the bottle. Once they have gone out, the air cools and contracts, causing a vacuum and pulling the egg in.
Can gases stretch out to fill a vacuum?
Yes. A gas will expand to fill a space evenly.
Can you put chemicals in the pool while the vacuum is in?
You should not put chemicals in the pool while the vacuum is in. Put the chemicals in and give them a chance to work first. Then you can vacuum and backwash the filter as needed.
When you release a gas in a vacuum chamber does it immediately drop to the floor?
When you release a gas in a vacuum chamber, it immediately drops to the floor because of its density. _______________________________________________________ I expect that the gas will expand to fill the whole volume of the vacuum chamber.
