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submitted 1 year ago by hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Like, say you had a grain silo or some theoretical structure that would allow you to fill the structure as high as you wanted, full of balloons, all inflated with regular air, not helium.

Is there a point where the balloons' collective miniscule weight would be enough to pop the balloons on the bottom? Or would they just bounce/float on top of each other forever and ever?

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[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, this is the sort of thing I'm thinking. Would then the balloons be unable to pop since they'd be perfectly supported? I feel the pressure in adjacent balloons would equalise so no one balloon could grow enough to break.

[-] blazera@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Hard to say. With weights being distributed randomly i dont know if it would naturally equalize like that, or if there might be random pockets of increased or decreased pressure, or something might slip. Variables like weak spots in the rubber, friction and static. Needs testing

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