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The sealed can will bulge in hot weather because the heat causes the petrol to evaporate creating more gas fumes in the can. This heat energy absorbed by the can converts to a change in energy of the petrol, Delta E=P Delta V. The outside atmosphere pressure P, being a constant, causes the volume V to expand. This explains why, if the petrol can is made of thin material, it bulges.

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